The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005

45.  In the case of a company or an offeror—

(a) which was incorporated during the period of three years immediately preceding the date on which the invitation or inducement in question was first communicated to recipients of the offer; or

(b) which has, at any time during that period, been exempt from the provisions of Part VII of the 1985 Act relating to the audit of accounts by virtue of section 249A or 249AA of that Act(1) or been exempt from the provisions of Part VIII of the 1986 Order relating to the audit of accounts by virtue of article 257A or 257AA of that Order(2);

the information described in whichever is relevant of paragraph 43 or 44 with respect to that body corporate need be included only in relation to the period since its incorporation or since it last ceased to be exempt from those provisions of Part VII of the 1985 Act or Part VIII of the 1986 Order, as the case may be.

(1)

Sections 249A and 249AA inserted by S.I. 1994/1935 and amended by S.I. 1996/189, S.I. 1997/936 and S.I. 2000/1430.

(2)

Article 257A was inserted by SR (N.I.) 1995/128 and amended by SR (N.I.) 1997/500 and SR (N.I.) 2001/153. Article 257AA was inserted by SR (N.I.) 2001/153 and amended by S.I. 2001/3649.