Part 6Immigration Procedure

Disclosure of information by private person

135 Financial institution

1

The Secretary of State may require a financial institution to supply information about a person if the Secretary of State reasonably suspects that—

a

the person has committed an offence under section 105(1)(a), (b) or (c) or 106(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (support for asylum-seeker: fraud),

b

the information is relevant to the offence, and

c

the institution has the information.

2

In this section “financial institution” means—

a

a person who has permission under F1Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) to accept deposits, and

b

a building society (within the meaning given by the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53)).