The Transparency Regulations 2015

Made: 8th October 2015

Laid before Parliament: 9th October 2015

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2), (3) and (4)

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Amendments to Part 6 of the Act: transparency rules

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Storage of regulated information

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Amendments to the Act: sanctions

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Amendments to Part 6 of the Act: interpretation

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Control over authorised persons and others: disregarded holdings

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Review

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Signed

Alun Cairns — John Penrose — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 8th October 2015

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2012/1759.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3 of, and the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51), regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed in Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183).

[^f00003]: 2000 c.8.

[^f00004]: Part 9A was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012 (c.21), section 24.

[^f00005]: Section 89A was inserted by the Companies Act 2006 (c.46), section 1266(1) and amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 16.

[^f00006]: Section 89C was inserted by the Companies Act 2006, section 1266(1) and amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 16 and S.I. 2014/3293.

[^f00007]: Section 89E was inserted by the Companies Act 2006, section 1266(1) and amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 16.

[^f00008]: Section 89F was inserted by the Companies Act 2006, section 1266(1) and amended by S.I. 2008/3053.

[^f00009]: OJ L 390, 31.12.2004, p.38.

[^f00010]: Section 89J was inserted by the Companies Act 2006, section 1267 and amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 16.

[^f00011]: Section 89V was inserted by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 19(1).

[^f00012]: Section 89N was inserted by the Companies Act 2006, section 1268.

[^f00013]: Section 91(2) was amended by the Companies Act 2006, Schedule 15 paragraphs 1 and 6, the Financial Services Act 2012, sections 16 and 20 and S.I. 2005/381 and 1433.

[^f00014]: Section 97 was amended by the Companies Act 2006, Schedule 15 paragraph 8, the Financial Services Act 2012, section 16 and Schedule 18 paragraph 7 and S.I. 2005/381.

[^f00015]: Section 91(1B) was inserted by the Companies Act 2006, Schedule 15 paragraph 6, and amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 16.

[^f00016]: Section 380 was amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, Schedule 9 paragraph 19 and the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (c.33), Schedule 10 paragraph 3; there are other amendments but none is relevant.

[^f00017]: Section 391 was amended by S.I. 2013/3115; there are other amendments but none is relevant.

[^f00018]: Section 391A was inserted by S.I. 2013/3115.

[^f00019]: Section 89M was inserted by the Companies Act 2006, section 1268, and amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 16.

[^f00020]: Section 103 was substituted by S.I. 2005/1433, and the definition of the “transparency obligations directive” was inserted by the Companies Act 2006, section 1265 and amended by S.I. 2012/1538.

[^f00021]: Section 102A was inserted by S.I. 2005/1433, and amended by the Companies Act 2006, Schedule 15, Part 1, paragraphs 1 and 10; there are other amendments but none is relevant.

[^f00022]: Section 102C was inserted by S.I. 2005/1433.

[^f00023]: Section 96A was inserted by S.I. 2005/381 and amended by S.I. 2012/1538 and the Financial Services Act 2012, section 16.

[^f00024]: Relevant amendments were made by the Companies Act 2006, section 1265 and S.I. 2012/1538 and 2014/3293.

[^f00025]: OJ L 294, 6.11.2013 p.13.

[^f00026]: Section 184 was substituted by S.I. 2009/534, and amended by S.I. 2011/1613 and 2013/3115.

[^f00027]: OJ L 336, 23.12.2003, p.33.

[^f00028]: Section 301E was substituted by S.I. 2009/534, and amended by S.I. 2011/1613 and 2013/3115.

[^f00029]: Section 422A of the Act was substituted by S.I. 2009/534, and amended by S.I. 2011/1613 and 2013/3115.

[^f00030]: OJ L 294, 6.11.2013 p.13.

Editorial notes