Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

[F1 122B. General power to require information U.K.

(1) The FCA may, by notice in writing, require a person—

(a) to provide specified information or information of a specified description; or

(b) to produce specified documents or documents of a specified description.

(2) This section applies only to information and documents that the FCA reasonably requires for the purpose of the exercise by it of functions under the market abuse regulation or [F2 under supplementary market abuse legislation].

(3) Information or documents required under this section must be provided or produced—

(a) before the end of such reasonable period as may be specified; and

(b) at such place as may be specified.

(4) The FCA may require any information provided under this section to be provided in such form as it may reasonably require.

(5) The FCA may require—

(a) any information provided, whether in a document or otherwise, to be verified in such manner as it may reasonably require; or

(b) any document produced to be authenticated in such manner as it may reasonably require.

[F3 (6) The FCA may exercise its powers under this section at the request of an overseas regulator where the regulator makes the request in the exercise of its relevant functions.

(6A) In subsection (6)—

• “overseas regulator” means—

  (a)

  the competent authority of an EEA State for the purposes of the market abuse regulation, as that regulation has effect in the European Union (the “EU version of the market abuse regulation”); or

  (b)

  an authority of any other country or territory outside the United Kingdom which exercises functions corresponding to those of a competent authority under the EU version of the market abuse regulation;

• “relevant functions” means—

  (a)

  in relation to the competent authority of an EEA State, its functions under—

  (i)

  the EU version of the market abuse regulation; or

  (ii)

  a directly applicable EU regulation made under the EU version of the market abuse regulation;

  (b)

  in relation to an authority of any other country or territory outside the United Kingdom, its functions corresponding to the functions referred to in paragraph (a);]

(8) In this section “specified” means specified in the notice.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 122A-122I and cross-headings inserted (3.7.2016) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/680), regs. 1, 9(4)

F2 Words in s. 122B(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 5(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 S. 122B(6)(6A) substituted for s. 122B(6)(7) (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 5(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)