The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments and Repeals) Order 2001

Restriction on disclosure of information by members of Serious Fraud Office

308.  For paragraphs (e) to (k) of section 3(6)(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (competent authorities for the purposes of disclosure of information by members of the Serious Fraud Office) substitute—

“(e) a person appointed under—

(i) section 167 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (general investigations),

(ii) section 168 of that Act (investigations in particular cases),

(iii) section 169(1)(b) of that Act (investigation in support of overseas regulator),

(iv) section 284 of that Act (investigations into affairs of certain collective investment schemes), or

(v) regulations made as a result of section 262(2)(k) of that Act (investigations into open-ended investment companies),

to conduct an investigation;

(f) a body corporate established in accordance with section 212(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (compensation scheme manager);”.

(1)

Paragraph (e) to (k) of section 3(6), have been amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c. 36), Schedule 6 Pt. I; the Criminal Justice Act 1998 (c. 33), Schedule 15, paragraph 111; and S.I. 1994/1696, Schedule 8, paragraph 16.