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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-cryptoassets-regulations-2025/regulation-33",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348277586",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-cryptoassets-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/33",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Protected disclosures",
  "text": "(1) A disclosure that satisfies all of the three conditions specified by this regulation is to be taken to not breach any restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).\n(2) The first condition is that the information or other matter—\n(a) causes the person making the disclosure (“P”) to know or suspect, or\n(b) gives them reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting,\nthat another person has contravened regulation 22 (prohibited use of inside information (insider dealing)), regulation 24 (prohibition on the disclosure of inside information) or regulation 28 (prohibition of market manipulation).\n(3) The second condition is that the information or other matter disclosed came to the attention of P in the course of their trade, profession, business or employment.\n(4) The third condition is that disclosure is made to a nominated officer as soon as is practicable after the information or other matter came to the attention of P.\n(5) A disclosure to a nominated officer is a disclosure which is made—\n(a) to a person nominated by the discloser’s employer to receive disclosures under this regulation,\n(b) in the course of the discloser’s employment, and\n(c) in accordance with the procedure established by the employer for the purpose.\n(6) For the purposes of this regulation, references to a person’s employer include any body, association or organisation, including a voluntary organisation, in connection with whose activities the person exercises a function, whether or not for gain or reward, and references to employment must be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348277586/regulation/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:38:18.364924+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."
}