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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1993/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1993/section-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/36",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1993",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "“Inside information”, etc.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this section and section 57, “inside information” means information which—\n(a) relates to particular securities or to a particular issuer of securities or to particular issuers of securities and not to securities generally or to issuers of securities generally;\n(b) is specific or precise;\n(c) has not been made public; and\n(d) if it were made public would be likely to have a significant effect on the price of any securities.\n(2) For the purposes of this Part, securities are “price-affected securities” in relation to inside information, and inside information is “price-sensitive information” in relation to securities, if and only if the information would, if made public, be likely to have a significant effect on the price of the securities.\n(3) For the purposes of this section “price” includes value.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/36/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:53.591639+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}