Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8)

[F1 PART 9C U.K. Prudential regulation of FCA investment firms

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 9C inserted (1.7.2021) by Financial Services Act 2021 (c. 22), s. 49(5), Sch. 2 para. 1; S.I. 2021/671, reg. 4(b)

Control of managers etc of non-authorised parent undertakings U.K.

143V Offence of breaching a Part 9C prohibition order U.K.

(1) An individual who performs a function, or agrees to perform a function, in breach of a Part 9C prohibition order commits an offence.

(2) An individual who commits an offence under this section is liable—

(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine, and

(b) on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(3) In proceedings for an offence under this section, it is a defence for the individual to show that they took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.]