PART 4 Reporting and information

11 Restrictions on disclosure of information
1 Sections 348 (restrictions on disclosure of information by FCA, PRA etc), 349 (exceptions from section 348), and 352 (offences) of the 2000 Act apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the following modifications.
Sections 348 and 349 were amended by Schedule 12 to the Financial Services Act 2012. Section 349 was also amended by section 964 of the Companies Act 2006 and S.I. 2007/1093. Section 352 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003; Schedule 26, paragraph 54.
2 In section 348—
(a) in subsection (2)(b) for the words from “, the PRA” to the end, substitute “under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Referral Fees) Regulations 2013”;
(b) in subsection (3)(a) for “this Act” substitute “the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Referral Fees) Regulations 2013”;
(c) in subsection (5)—
(i) omit paragraphs (aa) and (c);
(ii) in paragraph (d) omit “to collect or update information under section 166A or”;
(iii) in paragraph (e) for “a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c)” substitute “the FCA”;
(iv) in paragraph (ea) for “a person mentioned in those paragraphs” substitute “the FCA”;
(v) in paragraph (f) for “a person mentioned in those paragraphs” substitute “the FCA”;
(d) in subsection (6)—
(i) omit paragraph (a);
(ii) in paragraph (b) omit “, the PRA or the Secretary of State” and at the end insert “as applied by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Referral Fees) Regulations 2013”.
3 In section 349 omit subsections (3A) and (3B).
4 In section 352—
(a) in subsection (1) omit “or 350(5)”;
(b) omit subsection (4);
(c) in subsection (5) omit “or (4)”;
(d) in subsection (6)(a) omit “or that it had been disclosed in accordance with section 350”.