# The Short Selling Regulations 2025, Regulation 15: FCA power to prohibit or impose conditions on short sales

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

Subject to regulation 16(1), the FCA may prohibit persons from, or impose conditions relating to persons, entering into—
(a) a short sale of a financial instrument, or
(b) a transaction, other than a short sale of a financial instrument, where an effect of that transaction is to confer a financial advantage on the person in the event of a decrease in the price or value of that financial instrument.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/29/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/short-selling-regulations-2025/regulation-15
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