PART 3Reporting and information

Specified organisations or authorities: information-sharing11

1

An anti-fraud organisation or data-matching authority specified by the Secretary of State under section 40(3) of the Act8 shall give the FCA such information within its possession or under its control in respect of—

a

disqualified persons, and

b

status checks carried out by current account authorised persons for the purposes of section 40 of the Act,

as the FCA may direct.

2

A specified organisation or authority must provide the FCA with information required to be given under this regulation at such times and in such form, and verified in such manner, as the FCA may direct.

3

Regulations 14 (investigations under Part 11 of the 2000 Act), 15 (public censure), 17 (financial penalties) and 24 to 30 (requirement to issue warning notice etc.) apply with necessary modifications to an anti-fraud organisation or data-matching authority specified by the Secretary of State under section 40(3) of the Act as if such organisation or authority was a current account authorised person.