40 Prohibition on opening current accounts for disqualified persons
Immigration Act 2014 (2014 c 22) | Legislation

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40  Prohibition on opening current accounts for disqualified persons

(1)     A bank or building society (B) must not open a current account for a person (P) who is within subsection (2) unless—

(a)     B has carried out a status check which indicates that P is not a disqualified person, or

(b)     at the time when the account is opened B is unable, because of circumstances that cannot reasonably be regarded as within its control, to carry out a status check in relation to P.

(2)     A person is within this subsection if he or she—

(a)     is in the United Kingdom, and

(b)

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