{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-63B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000/section-63B.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/63B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "63B",
  "heading": "Procedure and right to refer to Tribunal",
  "text": "(1) If a regulator proposes to impose a penalty on a person under section 63A, it must give the person a warning notice.\n(2) A warning notice must state the amount of the penalty.\n(3) If a regulator decides to impose a penalty on a person under section 63A, it must give the person a decision notice.\n(4) A decision notice must state the amount of the penalty.\n(5) If a regulator decides to impose a penalty on a person under section 63A, the person may refer the matter to the Tribunal.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 63A-63D and preceding cross-heading inserted (8.6.2010) by Financial Services Act 2010 (c. 28), ss. 11, 26(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 63B substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 5 para. 9 (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 63A-63C applied (with modifications) (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Transitional Provisions) (Enforcement) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/441), arts. 1(1), 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/8/section/63B",
    "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."
}