Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 1258
Financial Services
The Short Selling (Notification Threshold) Regulations 2023
Made
23rd November 2023
Laid before Parliament
27th November 2023
Coming into force
5th February 2024
The Treasury, in exercise of the power conferred by Article 5(4) of of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps( Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 1 ), make the following Regulations.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. β(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Short Selling (Notification Threshold) Regulations 2023.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 5th February 2024.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Amendment of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012
2. In Article 5(2) of of the European Parliament and of the Council of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps( 2 ) for β0,1%β, in the first place it occurs, substitute β0,2%β .
Scott Mann
Amanda Solloway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majestyβs Treasury
23rd November 2023
EUR 2012/236, amended by S.I. 2018/1321 .
Article 5(2) was amended by S.I. 2021/5 .