The Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995
These Regulations (which will replace Part III of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) (capital issues) for almost all purposes) provide for a person offering transferable securities to the public in certain circumstances to prepare and publish a prospectus according to requirements set out in the Regulations. The Regulations also amend Part IV of the Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60) so that a prospectus may, in certain circumstances, be prepared, scrutinised and approved, in accordance with listing rules. Part V of the Financial Services Act 1986 (offers of unlisted securities), which has not been brought into force, is repealed.