Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

OffencesU.K.

6(1)A person who contravenes paragraph 5(2) is guilty of an offence.U.K.

(2)In proceedings against a person for an offence under sub-paragraph (1) it is a defence for him to show that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.

(3)A person is guilty of an offence if in, or in connection with, a notice given by him under paragraph 5(2) he—

(a)provides information which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b)recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in a material particular.

(4)A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.