Paragraph 8
United Kingdom
Immediately after an instrument F1is issued or made it shall be printed and made available to the public with or without payment.
A person shall not be taken to have contravened any F2statement of principle, rule, regulation or code of practice if he shows that at the time of the alleged contravention the instrument containing the statement of principle, rule, regulation or code of practice had not been made available as required by this paragraph.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
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Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), s. 206(1), Sch. 23 para. 24(4)(a)
- F2
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Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), s. 206(1), Sch. 23 para. 24(4)(b)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (1.12.2001) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments and Repeals) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3649), arts. 1, 3(1)(c) (with savings in art. 292)