Section 127: General offences

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 · 2014 c. 14View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 10: Offences

A person (whether a registered society, an officer or member of a registered society, or any other person) commits an offence if the person—

fails to do anything (including giving a notice or sending a return or other document) that the person is by this Act required to do,
fails to allow anything to be done that the person is by this Act required to allow to be done,
wilfully neglects or refuses to do any act, or to provide any information, required for the purposes of this Act by the FCA or PRA or by any other person authorised under this Act,
does anything forbidden by this Act, or
makes a return required by this Act, or wilfully provides information required by this Act, that is in any respect false or insufficient.

A registered society commits an offence if it—

contravenes, or fails to comply with, any provision of Part 7 except section 77, 78, 81, 89(1) or 90(1), or
fails to comply with a direction under section 83(3).

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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