Governments, central banks etc.
34. The financial promotion restriction does not apply to any communication which—
(a)is a non-real time communication or a solicited real time communication;
(b)is communicated by and relates only to controlled investments issued, or to be issued, by—
(i)any government;
(ii)any local authority (in the United Kingdom or elsewhere);
(iii)any international organisation;
(iv)the Bank of England;
(v)the European Central Bank;
(vi)the central bank of any country or territory outside the United Kingdom.