Amendment of Part 2 of Schedule 17 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013

2.—(1) Part 2 of Schedule 17 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (offences in relation to which a deferred prosecution agreement may be entered into) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 22, omit sub-paragraph (e).

(3) After paragraph 26, insert—

“26ZA.   An offence under any of the following sections of the Financial Services Act 2012(1)—

(a) section 89 (misleading statements);

(b) section 90 (misleading impressions);

(c) section 91 (misleading statements etc. in relation to benchmarks).”.

(1)

2012 c. 21. Sections 89 to 91 were amended by regulations 15(2) to (4) of S.I. 2016/680.