{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-131AA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-131AA.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/8",
  "legislation_title": "Financial Services and Markets Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000",
  "path": "section/131AA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "131AA",
  "heading": "Reporting of infringements",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to employers who—\n(a) provide regulated financial services;\n(b) carry on regulated activities in reliance on the exemption in section 327; or\n(c) are recognised bodies ... or third country central counterparties.\n(2) Employers must have in place appropriate internal procedures for their employees to report contraventions of the market abuse regulation or any supplementary market abuse legislation.\n(3) In this section—\n“employee” and “employer” have the meaning given in section 230 of the Employment Rights Act 1996;\n“recognised body” has the meaning given in section 313;\n“regulated financial services” has the meaning given in section 1H.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 131AA-131AE inserted (3.7.2016) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/680), regs. 1, 9(15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 131AA(1)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 5(13)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 131AA(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 5(13)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/section/131AA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:21.899993+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}