Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I (ss. 1-128) amended (S.) (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/121, regs. 1, 37, Sch. 2
C2Pt. I (ss. 1–128): power to modify conferred (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), ss. 89, 124(3), Sch. 14 para. 9(c)
(1)Any person who carries on, or purports to carry on, investment business in contravention of section 3 above shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;
(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.
(2)In proceedings brought against any person for an offence under this section it shall be a defence for him to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3S. 4 restricted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3218, reg. 5(1)(b).
ss. 3, 4 excluded (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3275, reg. 5(1)(a) (with reg. 5(2))