{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-133B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-133B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/8",
  "legislation_title": "Financial Services and Markets Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000",
  "path": "section/133B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "133B",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) This section applies in the case of proceedings before the Tribunal in respect of—\n(a) a decision of the FCA or the PRA;\n(b) a decision of the Bank of England; or\n(c) a decision of a person relating to the assessment of any compensation or consideration under the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 , the Banking Act 2009 or the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023.\n(2) A person is guilty of an offence if that person, without reasonable excuse—\n(a) refuses or fails—\n(i) to attend following the issue of a summons by the Tribunal; or\n(ii) to give evidence; or\n(b) alters, suppresses, conceals or destroys, or refuses to produce a document which he may be required to produce for the purposes of proceedings before the Tribunal.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2)(a) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2)(b) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 133-133B substituted (6.4.2010) for s. 133 by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), arts. 1(2)(e), 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 45"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 133B substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 23(4), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 133B(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2023) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(3), Sch. 11 para. 160(5); S.I. 2023/1382, reg. 8(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2008 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 133-133B applied (with modifications) (18.9.2016) by The Payment Accounts Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/2038), reg. 1(2)(b), Sch. 7 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 133B applied (with modifications) (10.6.2019) by The Proxy Advisors (Shareholders Rights) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/926), regs. 1, 20, 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 9 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/335), regs. 1(1), 73 (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 9 applied (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Commerce and Solvency 2 (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1361), regs. 1(2), 17(2) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1390, regs. 1(2), 6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 133B applied (31.12.2020) by The Credit Rating Agencies (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/266), regs. 1(3), 16(2)(c) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Pt. 9 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Transparency of Securities Financing Transactions and of Reuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/542), regs. 1, 34 (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 133B applied (31.5.2021) by The Civil Liability Act 2018 (Financial Conduct Authority) (Whiplash) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/594), regs. 1, 2(3)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/section/133B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:21.899993+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."
}