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Version date: 31 December 2020 - onwards
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123A. Power to prohibit individuals from managing or dealing

(1) The FCA may exercise its power under subsection (2) if it is satisfied that an individual -

(a) has contravened Article 14 (prohibition of insider dealing and of unlawful disclosure of inside information) or Article 15 (prohibition of market manipulation) of the market abuse regulation;

(b) has contravened, or been knowingly concerned in the contravention of -

(i) a provision of the market abuse regulation other than Article 14 or 15 of that regulation; or

(ii) a provision of any supplementary market abuse legislation ; or

(c) has contravened a requirement imposed on that individual under this section or section 122A, 122B, 122C, 122G, 122H122HA, 122I , 122IA or 123B.

(2) The FCA’s power under this subsection is a power to impose one or more of the following -

(a) a temporary prohibition on the individual holding an office or position involving responsibility for taking decisions about the management of an investment firm;