{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/banking-act-2009/section-202A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/banking-act-2009/section-202A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/1",
  "legislation_title": "Banking Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/banking-act-2009",
  "path": "section/202A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "202A",
  "heading": "Injunctions",
  "text": "(1) If, on the application of the Bank of England, the court is satisfied—\n(a) that there is a reasonable likelihood that there will be a compliance failure, or\n(b) that there has been a compliance failure and there is a reasonable likelihood that it will continue or be repeated,\nthe court may make an order restraining the conduct constituting the failure.\n(2) If, on the application of the Bank of England, the court is satisfied—\n(a) that there has been a compliance failure by the operator of a recognised ... payment system , a recognised DSA service provider, or a service provider in relation to such a system or such a DSA service provider, and\n(b) that there are steps which could be taken for remedying the failure,\nthe court may make an order requiring the operator , DSA service provider or service provider, and anyone else who appears to have been knowingly concerned in the failure, to take such steps as the court may direct to remedy it.\n(3) If, on the application of the Bank of England, the court is satisfied—\n(a) that there may have been a compliance failure by the operator of a recognised ... payment system , a recognised DSA service provider, or a service provider in relation to such a system or such a DSA service provider, or\n(b) that a person may have been knowingly concerned in a compliance failure,\nthe court may make an order restraining the operator , DSA service provider, , service provider or person from dealing with any assets which it is satisfied the operator , service provider or person is reasonably likely to deal with.\n(4) The jurisdiction conferred by this section is exercisable—\n(a) in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, by the High Court, and\n(b) in Scotland, by the Court of Session.\n(5) In this section—\n(a) references to an order restraining anything are, in Scotland, to be read as references to an interdict prohibiting that thing,\n(b) references to remedying a failure include mitigating its effect, and\n(c) references to dealing with assets include disposing of them.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 202A inserted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 104(7), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 202A(2)(a) omitted (27.6.2017) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(2), Sch. 9 para. 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 202A(2)(a) inserted (29.8.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(2)(a), Sch. 6 para. 31(2)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 202A(2)(a) inserted (30.11.2017) by The Banking Act 2009 (Service Providers to Payment Systems) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1167), arts. 1(2), 2(23)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 202A(2)(a) inserted (29.8.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(2)(a), Sch. 6 para. 31(2)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 202A(2) inserted (29.8.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(2)(a), Sch. 6 para. 31(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 202A(2) inserted (30.11.2017) by The Banking Act 2009 (Service Providers to Payment Systems) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1167), arts. 1(2), 2(23)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in s. 202A(3)(a) omitted (27.6.2017) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(2), Sch. 9 para. 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 202A(3)(a) inserted (29.8.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(2)(a), Sch. 6 para. 31(3)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 202A(3)(a) inserted (30.11.2017) by The Banking Act 2009 (Service Providers to Payment Systems) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1167), arts. 1(2), 2(23)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 202A(3)(a) inserted (29.8.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(2)(a), Sch. 6 para. 31(3)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 202A(3) inserted (29.8.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(2)(a), Sch. 6 para. 31(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 202A(3) inserted (30.11.2017) by The Banking Act 2009 (Service Providers to Payment Systems) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1167), arts. 1(2), 2(23)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 202A applied by 2013 c. 33, s. 124A(8) (as inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 9 para. 49(3) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2)))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/1/section/202A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:28.246347+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}