Part 8: Financial sanctions Section 150: Deferred prosecution agreements
This section amends Part 2 of Schedule 17 to the 2013 Act to include breaches of financial sanctions legislation within the list of offences in respect of which a Deferred Prosecution Agreement ("DPA") can be made.
	DPAs are court-approved agreements between an organisation (a corporate body or unincorporated association, but not an individual person) and a prosecutor who is considering prosecuting the organisation for an offence. They only apply to persons in England and Wales. In order for a DPA to be entered into, the prosecutor must be satisfied that there is sufficient evidence to prove beyond reasonable doubt that a criminal offence has been committed by the organisation. A DPA can be entered into once the organisation is charged with that offence, with the effect that proceedings are automatically suspended subject to certain conditions. If the conditions of the DPA are breached, the prosecution may resume.