Part 8Investigations
Chapter 3Scotland
Customer information orders
400Offences
1
A financial institution commits an offence if without reasonable excuse it fails to comply with a requirement imposed on it under a customer information order.
2
A financial institution guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
3
A financial institution commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a customer information order, it—
a
makes a statement which it knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or
b
recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular.
4
A financial institution guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or
b
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.