SCHEDULE 8AMENDMENTS OF BANKING ACT

Information

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1

Section 40 of the Act (right of entry to obtain information and documents) shall have effect as if the reference in subsection (2) to any officer, servant or agent of the Bank included a reference to any officer, servant or agent of a supervisory authority in a European institution’s or quasi-European authorised institution’s home State.

2

A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (3) of that section by virtue of this paragraph shall not be liable to imprisonment for a term exceeding three months.