The Prospectus Regulations 2012

Made: 14th June 2012

Laid before Parliament: 15th June 2012

Coming into force: 1st July 2012

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Amendments to exemptions

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New definition of qualified investor

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Summaries and final terms

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Supplementary prospectus

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Provision of information

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Civil liability attaching to the summary

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Disclosure of information requirements

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Definitions

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Review

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Signed

Jeremy Wright — Brooks Newmark — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury — 2012-06-14

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1992/1315.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) made by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created by or arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073, OJ No L 1, 3.11.1994, p. 3) and the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183, OJ No L 1, 3.1.1994, p.572).

[^f00003]: 2000 c.8.

[^f00004]: Section 86 was substituted by S.I. 2005/1433 and amended by S.I. 2011/1668.

[^f00005]: Section 87A was substituted by S.I. 2005/1433.

[^f00006]: Schedule 11A was inserted by S.I. 2005/1433 and amended by S.I. 2006/3221. S.I. 2011/99 and S.I. 2011/1668. There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00007]: Section 84 was inserted by S.I. 2005/1433.

[^f00008]: Section 87R was inserted by S.I. 2005/1433.

[^f00009]: Section 87G was inserted by S.I. 2005/1433.

[^f00010]: Section 87Q was inserted by S.I. 2005/1433.

[^f00011]: Section 87I was inserted by S.I. 2005/1433; subsection (1A) was inserted by S.I. 2012/916

[^f00012]: Section 90 was inserted by S.I. 2005/1433 and amended by the Companies Act 2006 (c.46), section 1272, Schedule 15, Part 1, paragraphs 1, 4, 5.

[^f00013]: Section 103 was substituted by S.I. 2005/1433 and amended by the Companies Act 2006, sections 1265 and 1272, Schedule 15, Part 1, paragraphs 1 and 11.

[^f00014]: S.I. 2011/1668.

Editorial notes