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SCHEDULE 1Administration and enforcement of Parts 3, 4, and 5

PART 3Administrative sanctions and offences

Administrative sanctions

Decision notice

13.—(1) If, having considered any representations made in response to the warning notice, a regulator decides to—

(a)publish a statement under paragraph 10 (whether or not in the terms proposed); or

(b)impose a penalty under paragraph 11 (whether or not of the amount proposed),

it must without delay give the person concerned a decision notice.

(2) In the case of a statement, the decision notice must set out the terms of the statement.

(3) In the case of a penalty, the decision notice must state the amount of the penalty.

(4) If a regulator decides to—

(a)publish a statement in respect of a person under paragraph 10; or

(b)impose a penalty on a person under paragraph 11,

the person may refer the matter to the Tribunal.

(5) After a statement under paragraph 10 is published, the regulator concerned must send a copy of it to the person concerned and to any person to whom a copy of the decision notice was given under section 393(4) of the Act(1) (third party rights) (as applied by paragraph 22).

(1)

Section 393(4) was amended by paragraph 32 of Schedule 9 to the Financial Services Act 2012.