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Section 240 Restriction on approval of promotion.

(1)

An authorised person may not approve for the purposes of section 21 the content of a communication relating to a collective investment scheme if he would be prohibited by section 238(1) from effecting the communication himself or from causing it to be communicated.

(2)

For the purposes of determining in any case whether there has been a contravention of section 21(1), an approval given in contravention of subsection (1) is to be regarded as not having been given.

Notes on Part XVII

Modifications

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Pt. 17 modified (20.2.2019) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/325), regs. 1(3), 62 (as amended (31.1.2020 immediately before exit day) by The Financial Services (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/56), regs. 1, 12(b))

Notes on Chapter II

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Pt. XVII Ch. II (ss. 238-241) modified (31.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3347, Sch. para. 8