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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-act-1986-investment-advertisements-exemptions-no-2-order-1988/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/716",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services Act 1986 (Investment Advertisements) (Exemptions) (No. 2) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-act-1986-investment-advertisements-exemptions-no-2-order-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes provision for certain exemptions from the requirement imposed by section 57 of the Financial Services Act 1986 that no person other than a person authorised under that Act may issue or cause to be issued an investment advertisement in the United Kingdom unless its contents have been approved by an authorised person.\nArticle 3 of the Order is concerned with advertisements issued by certain bodies corporate in connection with the promotion or encouragement of industrial or commercial activity or enterprise in the United Kingdom. Article 4 is concerned with certain advertisements issued in connection with takeovers of private companies. Article 5 is concerned with advertisements which are issued in connection with certain sales of shares in a body corporate. Article 6 concerns advertisements issued by persons holding permissions granted under paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 to the Financial Services Act 1986. Article 7 is concerned with the position where a publication is sent to a person who has placed an advertisement in it and with advertisements issued to persons involved in advertising. Article 8 concerns the issue by industrial and provident societies of advertisements relating to their debentures and article 9 concerns advertisements the issue of which is required or authorised under other legislation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/716/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:07:47.270904+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."
}