http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/section/84/2016-05-13Financial Services and Markets Act 2000An Act to make provision about the regulation of financial services and markets; to provide for the transfer of certain statutory functions relating to building societies, friendly societies, industrial and provident societies and certain other mutual societies; and for connected purposes.2000-06-15texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-07-30Expert Participation2016-05-13 Part VI Official Listing<Substitution ChangeId="d29p7477" CommentaryRef="c2075572">Transferable securities: public offers and admission to trading</Substitution><Substitution ChangeId="d29p7482" CommentaryRef="c2075574">Matters which may be dealt with by prospectus rules</Substitution>841Prospectus rules may make provision as to—athe required form and content of a prospectus (including a summary);bthe cases in which a summary need not be included in a prospectus;cthe languages which may be used in a prospectus (including a summary);dthe determination of the persons responsible for a prospectus;ethe manner in which applications to the FCA for the approval of a prospectus are to be made.2Prospectus rules may also make provision as to—athe period of validity of a prospectus;bthe disclosure of the maximum price or of the criteria or conditions according to which the final offer price is to be determined, if that information is not contained in a prospectus;cthe disclosure of the amount of the transferable securities which are to be offered to the public or of the criteria or conditions according to which that amount is to be determined, if that information is not contained in a prospectus;dthe required form and content of other summary documents (including the languages which may be used in such a document);ethe ways in which a prospectus that has been approved by the FCA may be made available to the public;fthe disclosure, publication or other communication of such information as the FCA may reasonably stipulate;gthe principles to be observed in relation to advertisements in connection with an offer of transferable securities to the public or admission of transferable securities to trading on a regulated market and the enforcement of those principles;hthe suspension of trading in transferable securities where continued trading would be detrimental to the interests of investors;ielections under section 87 or under Article 2.1(m)(iii) of the prospectus directive as applied for the purposes of this Part by section 102C.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Prospectus rules may make provision for the purpose of dealing with matters arising out of or related to any provision of the prospectus directive.5In relation to cases where the home State in relation to an issuer of transferable securities is an EEA State other than the United Kingdom, prospectus rules may make provision for the recognition of elections made in relation to such securities under the law of that State in accordance with Article 1.3 or 2.1(m)(iii) of the prospectus directive.6In relation to a document relating to transferable securities issued by an issuer incorporated in a non-EEA State and drawn up in accordance with the law of that State, prospectus rules may make provision as to the approval of that document as a prospectus.7Nothing in this section affects the FCA's general power to make prospectus rules.Ss. 84-87R and cross-headings substituted for ss. 84-87 (1.7.2005) by The Prospectus Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1433), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 5Ss. 84-87R and cross-headings substituted for ss. 84-87 (1.7.2005) by The Prospectus Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1433), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 5Pt. 6 (ss. 72-103) applied (with modifications) (1.12.2001) by S.I. 1995/1537, Sch. 4 (as amended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 511)S. 84(3) omitted (1.7.2012) by virtue of The Prospectus Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1538), regs. 1(1), 3(1)Words in ss. 73A-84 substituted (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 16(2)(3)(a), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(c), Sch. Pt. 3; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.