# Insider Dealing (Public Servants) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order extends the definition of public servant for the purposes of Article 11 of the Company Securities (Insider Dealing) (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (“the Order”) to the following persons:
(a) the Governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, employees and individuals acting as employees of the Bank of England, and members of the Board of Banking Supervision;
(b) members of the Council, Committee, Appeal Tribunal or Disciplinary Committees or any Disciplinary Committee of Lloyd's, individuals by whom any such body acts, and officers and employees of Lloyd's, and
(c) members of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and individuals employed by, or engaged in work for or on behalf of, the Commission or employed by, or engaged in that work for or on behalf of, persons so engaged.
Article 11 of the Order provides, among other matters, that it shall be an offence for a public servant holding, in an official capacity, unpublished price sensitive information (as defined in Article 4 of the Order) about securities of a particular company to deal in those securities or to counsel or procure dealing in those securities by another.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1991/156/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insider-dealing-public-servants-order-northern-ireland-1991/note
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