Part 1: Financial Guidance Etc Offence of impersonating the single financial guidance body Section 15: False claims about provision of information etc
The context of sections 15 and 16 is the need to protect the public and the integrity of the single financial guidance body from those who seek to defraud the public by impersonating the body.
	Section 15 makes it an offence for a person to create the impression that they are providing information, guidance or advice on behalf of the body when this is not the case. There is a defence available to those who can prove that they took reasonable steps to avoid committing the offence.