Section 135 — Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002: Financial institution

Financial institution 135 1 The Secretary of State may require a financial institution to supply information about a person if the Secretary of State reasonably suspects that—

a the person has committed an offence under section 105(1)(a), (b) or (c) or 106(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (support for asylum-seeker: fraud),

b the information is relevant to the offence, and c the institution has the information.

2 In this section “ financial institution ” means—

a a person who has permission under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) to accept deposits, and b a building society (within the meaning given by the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53)).