# The Short Selling Regulations 2024, Regulation 4: Designated activities: short selling of admitted shares and related transactions


The following activities are specified under section 71K of FSMA 2000 as designated activities for the purposes of that Act—
(a) entering into a short sale of an admitted share;
(b) entering into any transaction other than a short sale of an admitted share, where an effect of the transaction is to confer a financial advantage on the person entering into that transaction in the event of a decrease in the price or value of an admitted share.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348265538/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-short-selling-regulations-2024/regulation-4
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