PART 1General

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 3rd July 2016.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations—

  • “the 2000 Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 M1;

  • “the FCA” means the Financial Conduct Authority;

  • “the market abuse regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and M22004/72/ECF1, as it F4forms part of retained EU law; and

  • F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F3“supplementary market abuse enactment” means—

    1. (a)

      any EU regulation made under the market abuse regulation which is retained direct EU legislation;

    2. (b)

      any instrument made under the market abuse regulation on or after IP completion day

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Delayed public disclosure of inside information4

1

Where an issuer or an emission allowance market participant delays the disclosure of inside information under Article 17.4 (public disclosure of inside information) of the market abuse regulation it is required to provide a record of its written explanation of how the conditions set out in Article 17.4 were met to the F6FCA only upon the FCA's request.

2

In this regulation—

  • “emission allowance market participant” has the meaning given in Article 3.1 (20) of the market abuse regulation; and

  • “issuer” has the meaning given in Article 3.1(21) of the market abuse regulation.

Reporting contraventions of the market abuse regulation5

The Schedule (reporting of actual or potential contraventions of the market abuse regulation to the FCA) has effect.

Applications under the market abuse regulation6

1

Any application to the FCA under the market abuse regulation or a F7supplementary market abuse enactment must—

a

be made in such manner as the FCA may direct; and

b

contain or be accompanied by, such other information as the FCA may reasonably require.

2

At any time after receiving an application and before determining it, the FCA may require the applicant to provide it with such further information as it reasonably considers necessary to enable it to determine the application.

3

Different directions may be given, and different requirements imposed, in relation to different applications or categories of application.

4

The FCA may require an applicant to provide information under this regulation in such form, or to verify it in such a way, as the FCA may direct.

5

Section 398 M3 of the 2000 Act (misleading FCA or PRA: residual cases) applies to a requirement imposed under this regulation as it applies to a requirement imposed by or under the 2000 Act.

Notifications under the market abuse regulation7

Any notification to the FCA under the market abuse regulation or a F8supplementary market abuse enactment must be made in such manner as the FCA may direct.