PART 3Administration and enforcement

CHAPTER 4Measures in relation to individuals

Temporary prohibition orders11.

(1)

The relevant regulator may make a temporary prohibition order where that regulator considers that a person (“A”) has been knowingly concerned in a contravention by a financial or non-financial counterparty of an SFTR requirement.

(2)

A temporary prohibition order is an order prohibiting A, for the period specified in the order, from performing functions which require A to be responsible for managing one or more aspects of the affairs of—

(a)

a specified financial or non-financial counterparty; or

(b)

a financial or non-financial counterparty of a specified description.

(3)

A prohibition imposed under this regulation may only be imposed for a limited period of time.

(4)

A financial or non-financial counterparty must take reasonable care to ensure that none of the financial or non-financial counterparty’s functions is performed by a person who is prohibited from performing such a function by a temporary prohibition order.

(5)

The relevant regulator may vary or revoke a temporary prohibition order on the application of A or otherwise.

(6)

Where a relevant regulator who has imposed a temporary prohibition order on A considers that A has contravened that order it may—

(a)

publish a statement to that effect; or

(b)

impose on A a penalty, in respect of the contravention, of such amount as it considers appropriate.

(7)

In this regulation “the relevant regulator” means—

(a)

where the counterparty referred to in paragraph (1) is a recognised central counterparty, the Bank;

(b)

where the counterparty referred to in paragraph (1) is any other financial or non-financial counterparty, the FCA.