|
|
Proposed orders, etc., to be kept in confidence.
|
97.— (1) A person other than the Bank shall not publish the fact that the Bank proposes to make or has made a proposed transfer order or proposed special management order, unless required to do so by an enactment, or with the prior written consent of the Bank.
|
|
| |
(2) A person other than the Bank shall not publish the fact that the person or the Bank proposes—
|
|
| |
(a) to present a petition to wind up an authorised credit institution,
|
|
| |
(b) to advertise such a petition, or
|
|
| |
(c) to take any other step or make any other publication concerning that person’s intention to cause an authorised credit institution to be wound up,
|
|
| |
unless required to do so by an enactment, except with the prior written consent of the Bank.
|
|
| |
(3) A person (including an authorised credit institution) who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable—
|
|
| |
(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both, or
|
|
| |
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.
|
|
| |
(4) It is not a contravention of subsection (1) or (2) for an authorised credit institution to disclose a fact referred to in either of those subsections for the purposes of obtaining professional advice.
|
