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Version date: 1 December 2001 - onwards
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Article 49 Disclosure of interests in shares: interests to be disregarded

For paragraph (2) of Article 217 [Substituted by SR (NI) 1994/2.] of the 1986 Order (interests in shares to be disregarded for purposes of disclosure requirements) substitute -

"(2) An interest in shares is an exempt security interest for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c) if the condition mentioned in paragraph (2A) is satisfied and the interest is held by -

(a) a person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to accept deposits;

(b) an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 3 to that Act which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to accept deposits;

(c) a person authorised under the law of a member State other than the United Kingdom to accept deposits who -

(i) would not qualify for authorisation under paragraph 12 of Schedule 3 to that Act, and

(ii) would require permission under another provision of that Act to accept such deposits in the United Kingdom;

(d) an authorised insurance undertaking;

(e) a person authorised under the law of a member State to deal in securities or derivatives, who deals in securities or derivatives on a relevant stock exchange or a relevant investment exchange, whether as a member or otherwise;

(f) a relevant stock exchange;