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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

Section 305: Investigations by Director

550.This section confers powers on the DGFT to enable him to carry out his functions under sections 303 and 304.  The DGFT will be able to request relevant documents from any person, and to request relevant information from any business.

551.Subsections (5) and (6) provide that if a person fails to produce the information or documents required, then the DGFT may report the matter to the court.  If the court is satisfied that there was no reasonable excuse for this failure, the person may be dealt with as if he were in contempt of court.

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