# Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Section 122F: Offences


(1) If a person (“A”) fails to comply with a requirement imposed on A under section 122B or 122C the FCA may certify that fact in writing to the court.
(2) If the court is satisfied that A failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirement, it may deal with A (and where A is a body corporate, any director or other officer) as if A (or as the case may be the director or officer) were in contempt.
(3) A person (“B”) who, in purported compliance with a requirement imposed on B under section 122B or 122C—
(a) provides information which B knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b) recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in a material particular;
is guilty of an offence.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction—
(i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine, or both;
(ii) in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(iii) in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine, or both.
(5) Any person who intentionally obstructs the exercise of any rights conferred by a warrant under section 122D is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction—
(a) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine, or both;
(b) in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both;
(c) in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.
(6) In this section—
(a) “court” means—
(i) the High Court;
(ii) in Scotland, the Court of Session;
(b) “officer”, in relation to a limited liability partnership, means a member of the partnership.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/section/122F (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-122F
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