[F1122F.OffencesU.K.
(1)If a person (“A”) fails to comply with a requirement imposed on A under section 122B or 122C the FCA may certify that fact in writing to the court.
(2)If the court is satisfied that A failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirement, it may deal with A (and where A is a body corporate, any director or other officer) as if A (or as the case may be the director or officer) were in contempt.
(3)A person (“B”) who, in purported compliance with a requirement imposed on B under section 122B or 122C—
(a)provides information which B knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b)recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in a material particular;
is guilty of an offence.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable—
(a)on summary conviction—
(i)in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine, or both;
(ii)in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(iii)in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine, or both.
(5)Any person who intentionally obstructs the exercise of any rights conferred by a warrant under section 122D is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction—
(a)in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine, or both;
(b)in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both;
(c)in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.
(6)In this section—
(a)“court” means—
(i)the High Court;
(ii)in Scotland, the Court of Session;
(b)“officer”, in relation to a limited liability partnership, means a member of the partnership.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 122A-122I and cross-headings inserted (3.7.2016) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/680), regs. 1, 9(4)