# Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Paragraph 23

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

(1) The securities are investments of a specified kind creating or acknowledging indebtedness issued by or on behalf of a public authority.
(2) “Public authority” means—
(a) the government of the United Kingdom;
(b) the government of any country or territory outside the United Kingdom;
(c) a local authority in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;
(d) any international organisation the members of which include the United Kingdom or another EEA State; and
(e) such other bodies, if any, as may be specified.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/schedule/11/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/schedule-11/paragraph-23
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