SCHEDULE 1Administration and enforcement of Parts 3, 4, and 5

PART 4Application of the Act for the purposes of the Regulations

Restrictions on disclosure of information20

Sections 348 (restrictions on disclosure of confidential information by FCA, PRA etc.), 349 (exceptions from section 348) and 352 (offences) of the Act95 apply with respect to information received under these Regulations as they apply with respect to information received under the Act as if—

a

each reference to the Act included a reference to these Regulations;

b

each reference to a section or Part of the Act were a reference to that section or Part as applied by these Regulations;

c

in section 348(2), for “In this Part” there were substituted “In sections 348, 349 and 352 as applied by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017”;

d

in section 352—

i

in subsection (1) “or 350(5)” were omitted;

ii

subsection (4) were omitted;

iii

in subsection (5) “or (4)” were omitted;

iv

in subsection (6)(a) “or that it had been disclosed in accordance with section 350” were omitted.