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(1)Subject to subsection (3) below, any agreement to which this subsection applies—
(a)which is entered into by a person in the course of carrying on investment business in contravention of section 3 above; or
(b)which is entered into—
(i)by a person who is an authorised person or an exempted person in respect of the investment business in the course of which he enters into the agreement; but
(ii)in consequence of anything said or done by a person in the course of carrying on investment business in contravention of that section,
shall be unenforceable against the other party; and that party shall be entitled to recover any money or other property paid or transferred by him under the agreement, together with compensation for any loss sustained by him as a result of having parted with it.
(2)The compensation recoverable under subsection (1) above shall be such as the parties may agree or as the court may, on the application of either party, determine.
(3)A court may allow an agreement to which subsection (1) above applies to be enforced or money and property paid or transferred under it to be retained if it is satisfied—
(a)in a case within paragraph (a) of that subsection, that the person mentioned in that paragraph reasonably believed that his entering into the agreement did not constitute a contravention of section 3 above;
(b)in a case within paragraph (b) of that subsection, that the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph did not know that the agreement was entered into as mentioned in sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph; and
(c)in either case, that it is just and equitable for the agreement to be enforced or, as the case may be, for the money or property paid or transferred under it to be retained.
(4)Where a person elects not to perform an agreement which by virtue of this section is unenforceable against him or by virtue of this section recovers money paid or other property transferred by him under an agreement he shall repay any money and return any other property received by him under the agreement.
(5)Where any property transferred under an agreement to which this section applies has passed to a third party the references to that property in subsections (1), (3) and (4) above shall be construed as references to its value at the time of its transfer under the agreement.
(6)A contravention of section 3 above shall not make an agreement illegal or invalid to any greater extent than is provided in this section.
(7)Subsection (1) above applies to any agreement the making or performance of which by the person seeking to enforce it or from whom money or other property is recoverable under this section constitutes an activity which falls within any paragraph of Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act and is not excluded by Part III or IV of that Schedule.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 5 extended (with modifications) (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3275, reg. 32, Sch. 7 para. 2
C2S. 5(1)(b)(i) amended (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3218, reg. 55, Sch. 9 para.2.
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