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PART 9GENERAL

Criminal Offences

False claims to be a payment service provider or exempt

111.—(1) A person who does not fall within any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of regulation 110(1) may not—

(a)describe themselves (in whatever terms) as a person falling within any of those sub-paragraphs; or

(b)behave, or otherwise hold themselves out, in a manner which indicates (or which is reasonably likely to be understood as indicating) that they are such a person.

(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.