Banking Act 2009

198Penalty

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(1)The Bank of England may require the operator of a recognised inter-bank payment system to pay a penalty in respect of a compliance failure.

(2)A penalty—

(a)must be paid to the Bank of England, and

(b)may be enforced by the Bank as a debt.

(3)The Bank must prepare a statement of the principles which it will apply in determining—

(a)whether to impose a penalty, and

(b)the amount of a penalty.

(4)The Bank must—

(a)publish the statement on its internet website,

(b)send a copy to the Treasury,

(c)review the statement from time to time and revise it if necessary (and paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to a revision), and

(d)in applying the statement to a compliance failure, apply the version in force when the failure occurred.