The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) is amended as follows.
Section 143 (power to make rules endorsing the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers etc) is repealed.
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In section 349 (exceptions from restrictions on disclosure of confidential information), after subsection (3) insert—
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In section 417(1) (definitions), insert at the appropriate place—