The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulations 2005

11.  In subsection (1) of section 103 (interpretation of Part 6)—

(a) the following definitions are inserted at the appropriate places—

““disclosure rules” has the meaning given in section 73A;

“financial instrument” has the meaning given in Article 1(3) of Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 28 January 2003 on insider dealing and market manipulation (market abuse);

“inside information” has the meaning given in section 118C;

“Part 6 rules” has the meaning given in section 73A;

“the prospectus directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading;

“regulated market” has the meaning given in Article 1(13) of the investment services directive;”;

(b) for the definition of “issuer” substitute—

““issuer”, in relation to anything which is or may be admitted to the official list, has such meaning as may be prescribed by the Treasury, and in any other case means a person who issues financial instruments;”;

(c) for the definition of “listing rules” substitute—

““listing rules” has the meaning given in section 73A;”.