# Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Paragraph 4: Short selling


Engaging in short selling in relation to specified financial instruments (“shorted instruments”) including where—
(a) a person enters into a transaction which creates, or relates to, another financial instrument, and
(b) the effect (or one of the effects) of the transaction is to confer a financial advantage on that person in the event of a decrease in the price or value of the shorted instrument.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/schedule/6B/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/schedule-6B/paragraph-4
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.