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Version date: 1 December 2001 - onwards
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Article 502 Investments to which Part II of the 1995 Regulations applies

For regulation 3 of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995 (investments to which this Part applies) substitute -

"3. Investments to which this Part applies

(1) This Part of these Regulations applies to any investment which -

(a) is not admitted to official listing, nor is the subject of an application for listing, in accordance with Part VI of the Act; and

(b) is of a kind specified in paragraph (2).

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5) below, the kinds of investments specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) are -

(a) shares, including for those purposes deferred shares of a building society, within the meaning of section 119 of the Building Societies Act 1986;

(b) instruments creating or acknowledging indebtedness;

(c) instruments giving entitlements to securities, including warrants and other instruments entitling the holder to acquire any share or instrument creating or acknowledging indebtedness; and

(d) certificates representing securities.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), investments of the kind specified in paragraph (2)(a) (shares) do not include transferable shares in a body incorporated under the law relating to industrial and provident societies.