These Regulations amend sections 118(9) and 118A(6) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”) and add a new subsection (10) to section 118 of that Act. Part 8 (Penalties for Market Abuse) of the 2000 Act sets out the UK civil prohibition on market abuse. The effect of these amendments is to change the date on which section 118(8), section 118A(2) and (3), and the definition of “regular user” in section 130A, which class particular forms of behaviour as market abuse for the purposes of the 2000 Act, are due to expire from 31st December 2014 to 3rd July 2016.