# The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017, Regulation 31: Provision of information to the FCA concerning algorithmic trading

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If a member of, or participant in, a regulated market or multilateral trading facility (“M”) is subject to the requirements set out in regulation 30 the FCA may require M to provide the information specified in paragraph (2) on a regular or ad hoc basis.
(2) The specified information for the purposes of paragraph (1) is—
(a) a description of the nature of M's algorithmic trading strategies;
(b) details of the trading parameters or limits to which M's trading systems are subject;
(c) information concerning the compliance and risk controls M has in place to ensure M meets any requirements imposed on M by regulation 30(2) to (4) (“M's compliance and risk controls”);
(d) details of M's testing of M's systems ... for the purposes of regulation 30(5);
(e) any records M keeps for the purposes of regulation 30(8) and (9); and
(f) any further information about M's algorithmic trading and systems used for that trading.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/701/regulation/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-markets-in-financial-instruments-regulations-2017/regulation-31
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