{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000-supply-of-information-regulations-2000/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000-supply-of-information-regulations-2000/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2956",
  "legislation_title": "The Utilities Act 2000 (Supply of Information) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000-supply-of-information-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Price sensitive information",
  "text": "(1) The Authority or a licence holder may refuse to supply under section 24 of the Act any information which—\n(a) relates to particular securities or to a particular issuer of securities or to particular issuers of securities;\n(b) is specific or precise;\n(c) has not been made public; and\n(d) if it were made public would be likely to have a significant effect on the price of the securities.\n(2) For the purposes of this regulation—\n(a) “price” includes value;\n(b) information shall be treated as relating to a particular issuer of securities which is a company not only where it is about the company but also where it may affect the company’s business prospects;\n(c) “made public”, in relation to information, shall be construed in accordance with subsection (1) of section 58 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993; and\n(d) “securities” means any securities to which Part V of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (insider dealing) applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2956/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:11:12.841178+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."
}