{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-financial-promotion-order-2005/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-financial-promotion-order-2005/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1529",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-financial-promotion-order-2005",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Generic promotions",
  "text": "The financial promotion restriction does not apply to any communication which—\n(a) does not identify (directly or indirectly) a person who provides the controlled investment to which the communication relates; and\n(b) does not identify (directly or indirectly) any person as a person who carries on a controlled activity in relation to that investment; and\n(c) does not identify (directly or indirectly) any person as a person who carries on a controlled claims management activity.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 17(a) omitted (E.W.S.) (29.11.2018 for specified purposes, 1.4.2019 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Claims Management Activity) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1253), arts. 1(2)(3), 18(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in art. 17(b) inserted (E.W.S.) (29.11.2018 for specified purposes, 1.4.2019 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Claims Management Activity) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1253), arts. 1(2)(3), 18(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 17(c) inserted (E.W.S.) (29.11.2018 for specified purposes, 1.4.2019 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Claims Management Activity) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1253), arts. 1(2)(3), 18(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1529/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:57:52.457126+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."
}