Section 135 Financial institution

United Kingdom

(1)

The Secretary of State may require a financial institution to supply information about a person if the Secretary of State reasonably suspects that—

(a)

the person has committed an offence under section 105(1)(a), (b) or (c) or 106(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (support for asylum-seeker: fraud),

(b)

the information is relevant to the offence, and

(c)

the institution has the information.

(2)

In this section “financial institution” means—

(a)

a person who has permission under F1Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) to accept deposits, and

(b)

a building society (within the meaning given by the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53)).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 135(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), s. 122(3), Sch. 18 para. 96 (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.