# The Short Selling Regulations 2024, Regulation 5: FCA rules relating to short selling of admitted shares and related transactions


(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the FCA may make designated activity rules relating to the carrying on of the activities specified in regulation 4.
(2) Designated activity rules made by virtue of this regulation may, in particular, make provision—
(a) requiring persons carrying on an activity specified in regulation 4(a) to make arrangements, such as borrowing the admitted share or entering into an agreement or arrangement to borrow the admitted share, to ensure or create a reasonable expectation that settlement of those transactions can be effected when due;
(b) about the type or features of an agreement or arrangement that satisfy such a requirement.
(3) The FCA may not make rules by virtue of paragraph (1) requiring a person—
(a) to notify it of a net short position in the issued share capital of a company (but see regulation 6(1)), or
(b) to publish such a net short position.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348265538/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-short-selling-regulations-2024/regulation-5
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