{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1993/section-58",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1993/section-58.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/36",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1993",
  "path": "section/58",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "58",
  "heading": "Information “made public”.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 56, “made public”, in relation to information, shall be construed in accordance with the following provisions of this section; but those provisions are not exhaustive as to the meaning of that expression.\n(2) Information is made public if—\n(a) it is published in accordance with the rules of a regulated market for the purpose of informing investors and their professional advisers;\n(b) it is contained in records which by virtue of any enactment are open to inspection by the public;\n(c) it can be readily acquired by those likely to deal in any securities—\n(i) to which the information relates, or\n(ii) of an issuer to which the information relates; or\n(d) it is derived from information which has been made public.\n(3) Information may be treated as made public even though—\n(a) it can be acquired only by persons exercising diligence or expertise;\n(b) it is communicated to a section of the public and not to the public at large;\n(c) it can be acquired only by observation;\n(d) it is communicated only on payment of a fee; or\n(e) it is published only outside the United Kingdom.",
  "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/58",
    "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."
}