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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-market-abuse-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/680",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-market-abuse-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Financial Services And Markets\nMade 28th June 2016\nLaid before Parliament 29th June 2016\nComing into force 3rd July 2016\nThe Treasury are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to financial services.\nThe Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (14.12.2023 for the revocation of reg. 23) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with s. 1(4)); S.I. 2023/1382, reg. 2(c)(xv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2012/1759."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3 of, and the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) made by section 1 of the European Economic Act 1993 (c. 51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created by or arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073, OJ No L1, 3.11.1994, p3) and the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183, OJ No L1, 3.1.1994, p572)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations: power to modify conferred (11.7.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), ss. 3, 86(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 2; S.I. 2023/779, reg. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/680/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
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