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Valid from 08/06/2010
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 8A inserted (8.6.2010) by Financial Services Act 2010 (c. 28), ss. 8, 26(2)(b)
(1)If the Authority has power under section 131E to require a person to produce a document but it appears that the document is in the possession of a third person, that power may be exercised in relation to the third person.
(2)If a document is produced in response to a requirement imposed under section 131E, the Authority may—
(a)take copies of or extracts from the document; or
(b)require the person producing the document, or any relevant person, to provide an explanation of the document.
(3)In subsection (2)(b) “relevant person”, in relation to a person who is required to produce a document, means a person who—
(a)has been or is or is proposed to be a director or controller of that person;
(b)has been or is an auditor of that person;
(c)has been or is an actuary, accountant or lawyer appointed or instructed by that person; or
(d)has been or is an employee of that person.
(4)If a person who is required under section 131E to produce a document fails to do so, the Authority may require the person to state, to the best of the person's knowledge and belief, where the document is.
(5)A lawyer may be required under section 131E to provide the name and address of the lawyer's client.
(6)A person (“P”) may not be required under section 131E to disclose information or produce a document in respect of which P owes an obligation of confidence by virtue of carrying on the business of banking unless—
(a)P is the person under investigation or a member of that person's group;
(b)the person to whom the obligation of confidence is owed is the person under investigation or a member of that person‘s group; or
(c)the person to whom the obligation of confidence is owed consents to the disclosure or production.
(7)If a person claims a lien on a document, its production under section 131E does not affect the lien.]