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Banking Act 2009

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As published

206T Penalty

(1) The Bank of England may require a recognised person to pay a penalty in respect of a compliance failure. (2) A penalty— (a) must be paid to the Bank, and (b) may be enforced by the Bank as a civil debt owed to the Bank. (3) The Bank must prepare a statement of the principles which it will apply in determining— (a) whether to impose a penalty, and (b) the amount of a penalty. (4) The Bank must— (a) publish the statement on its website, (b) send a copy to the Treasury, (c) review the statement from time to time and revise it if necessary (and paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to a revision), and (d) in applying the statement to a compliance failure, apply the version in force when the failure occurred.

Your change, as a redline

206T Penalty

(1) The Bank of England may require a recognised person to pay a penalty in respect of a compliance failure. (2) A penalty— (a) must be paid to the Bank, and (b) may be enforced by the Bank as a civil debt owed to the Bank. (3) The Bank must prepare a statement of the principles which it will apply in determining— (a) whether to impose a penalty, and (b) the amount of a penalty. (4) The Bank must— (a) publish the statement on its website, (b) send a copy to the Treasury, (c) review the statement from time to time and revise it if necessary (and paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to a revision), and (d) in applying the statement to a compliance failure, apply the version in force when the failure occurred.

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