Power of FCA to require restitutionU.K.
114.—(1) The FCA may exercise the power in paragraph (2) if it is satisfied that a payment service provider (referred to in this regulation and regulation 115 as “the person concerned”) has contravened a requirement imposed by or under these Regulations, or been knowingly concerned in the contravention of such a requirement, and that—
(a)profits have accrued to the person concerned as a result of the contravention; or
(b)one or more persons have suffered loss or been otherwise adversely affected as a result of the contravention.
(2) The power referred to in paragraph (1) is a power to require the person concerned, in accordance with such arrangements as the FCA considers appropriate, to pay to the appropriate person or distribute among the appropriate persons such amount as appears to the FCA to be just having regard—
(a)in a case within sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1), to the profits appearing to the FCA to have accrued;
(b)in a case within sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph, to the extent of the loss or other adverse effect;
(c)in a case within both of those paragraphs, to the profits appearing to the FCA to have accrued and to the extent of the loss or other adverse effect.
(3) In paragraph (2) “appropriate person” means a person appearing to the FCA to be someone—
(a)to whom the profits mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) are attributable; or
(b)who has suffered the loss or adverse effect mentioned in paragraph (1)(b).