# The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016, Regulation 11: Criminal Justice Act 1993


For paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (special defences) and the italic heading before paragraph 5 substitute—
“Buy-back programmes and stabilisation
5 An individual is not guilty of insider dealing by virtue of dealing in securities or encouraging another person to deal if he shows that he acted in conformity with—
(a) Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and each directly applicable EU regulation made under that Article;
(b) rules made under section 137Q(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/680/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-market-abuse-regulations-2016/regulation-11
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