The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2005
This Order amends the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1529) (the “Financial Promotion Order”). Article 2 of this Order amends the Financial Promotion Order as follows. Paragraph (2) amends article 2(1) so that civil partners are treated in the same way as spouses for the purposes of the definition of “close relative”. Paragraph (3) amends article 20(5)(c) so that a person’s civil partner is treated as a member of his family for the purposes of article 20 (communications by journalists). Paragraph (4) amends article 60(2)(a)(ii) so that civil partners and surviving civil partners of employees or former employees are treated in the same way as spouses, widows and widowers in relation to employee share schemes.