18 Information relating to financial stability

Powers to require information

18  Information relating to financial stability

(1)     The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 165 insert—

“165A Authority's power to require information: financial stability

(1)     The Authority may, by notice in writing given to a person to whom this section applies, require the person—

(a)     to provide specified information or information of a specified description; or

(b)     to produce specified documents or documents of a specified description.

(2)     This section applies to—

(a)     a person who has a legal or beneficial interest in any of the assets of a relevant investment fund;

(b)     a person who is responsible for the management of a relevant investment fund;

(c)     a person (a “service provider”) who provides any service to an authorised person;

(d)     a person prescribed by an order made by the Treasury or any person of a description prescribed by such an order (and see also section 165C);

(e)     a person who is connected with a person to whom this section applies as a result of any of the above paragraphs.

(3)     This section applies only to information and documents that the Authority considers are, or might

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