UK Statutory Instrument 2017 United Kingdom

Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017

At a glance

Enforced by

HMRC, FCA, SRA, LSB, Home Office

What's here

102 compliance obligations, 16 practical guides across 4 topics · 9 journeys

Penalty landscape

15 of 102 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 16 carry different penalties and 71 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Any Person 34
  • Trader 20
  • Responsible Person 12
  • Director or Officer 5
  • Trustee 3
  • Employer 1
  • Operator 1

Plus 26 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

Step-by-step journeys using this legislation

Walkthroughs that take you from a real business situation to compliance.

Relevant guidance

Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.

Other Acts binding the same actors

For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.

Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Traders also bound by 826 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Responsible Persons also bound by 104 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Directors and Officers also bound by 425 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Trustees also bound by 100 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Employers also bound by 694 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Operators also bound by 730 other Acts (top 5 shown)

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1 — Introduction

s.007

Supervisory authorities

  • Identify which regulator supervises your anti-money laundering compliance Responsible Person
Browse 6 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 2 — Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

s.016

Risk assessment by the Treasury

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • The Treasury must assess risks related to weapons of mass destruction financing Crown / Minister / Government department
s.018

Risk assessment by relevant persons in relation to proliferation financing

Unlimited fine
  • Assess and record proliferation financing risks Any Person
  • Assess your business risk for proliferation financing Responsible Person
s.018

Risk assessment by relevant persons

Unlimited fine
  • Assess your business risks for money laundering and terrorist financing Responsible Person
  • Carry out and record a money‑laundering risk assessment Any Person
s.019

Policies, controls and procedures in relation to proliferation financing

Unlimited fine
  • Establish and maintain proliferation financing policies and controls Responsible Person
  • Maintain policies and controls to prevent proliferation financing Trader
s.019

Policies, controls and procedures

Unlimited fine
  • Establish and maintain anti-money laundering policies and procedures Responsible Person
  • Establish, maintain and update AML policies, controls and procedures Trader
s.021

Internal controls

  • Set up internal anti-money laundering controls and appointments Responsible Person
s.024

Training

  • Train relevant staff and agents on anti-money laundering requirements Responsible Person
s.025

Supervisory action

  • Follow FCA supervisory directions Employer
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Supervisors must review and may restrict high-risk overseas operations Statutory regulator
s.026

Prohibitions and approvals

2 years imprisonment
  • Act as manager/officer or be beneficial owner without regulator approval Any Person
  • Operating a regulated business without proper management approval Any Person
Browse 11 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 3 — Customer Due Diligence

s.030

Requirement to report discrepancies in registers

Unlimited fine
  • Check ownership registers and report discrepancies Responsible Person
  • Report material discrepancies in beneficial‑ownership registers Any Person
s.030

Timing of verification

  • Verify customer and beneficial‑owner identity before doing business Any Person
  • Verify customer identity before starting a business relationship Responsible Person
s.038

Electronic money

  • Monitor electronic money transactions for suspicious activity Any Person
Browse 7 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 4 — Reliance and Record-keeping

s.041

Data Protection

  • Provide data‑protection statement to new customers Any Person
  • Limit use of anti-money laundering data and notify customers Responsible Person
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 5 — Beneficial Ownership Information

s.044

Trustee obligations

  • Maintain and disclose trust beneficial ownership records Trustee
  • Maintain and provide records of trust beneficial owners Any Person
s.045

Register of beneficial ownership: additional types of trust

  • Register non-taxable express trusts with HMRC Trustee
s.045

Access to information on the register

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HMRC must provide trust register information to persons with a legitimate interest Statutory regulator
s.045

Register of beneficial ownership

Unlimited fine
  • Register your trust and its beneficial owners with HMRC Trustee
  • Provide and keep up‑to‑date information on taxable trusts to HMRC Any Person
Browse 1 other section in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 5A — Requests for information about accounts and safe-deposit boxes

Browse 8 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.045

Duty to establish mechanism for requests

s.045

Duty to respond to requests for information

s.045

Interpretation

s.access to requests and responses, guidance and rev

Access to requests and responses, guidance and review

s.record keeping

Record keeping

s.requests for information about accounts

Requests for information about accounts

s.requests for information about safe-deposit boxes

Requests for information about safe-deposit boxes

s.requirements for making a request for information

Requirements for making a request for information

Part 6 — Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Supervision and Registration

s.046

Annual reports by self-regulatory organisations

  • Publish an annual AML report Any Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Self-regulatory organisations must publish annual anti-money laundering reports Statutory regulator
s.046

Duties of supervisory authorities

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Supervisory authorities must monitor and enforce anti-money laundering rules Statutory regulator
s.049

Duties of self-regulatory organisations

Unlimited fine
  • Put in place governance and resources for AML supervisory duties Any Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Self-regulatory bodies must ensure independent and effective anti-money laundering supervision Statutory regulator
s.050

Duty to co-operate

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Supervisory authorities must co-operate and share information Statutory regulator
s.051

Regulatory information

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Supervisory authorities must collect and share regulatory information Statutory regulator
s.052

Obligation of confidentiality: offence

2 years imprisonment
  • Disclose confidential AML information Any Person
  • Unlawfully disclose confidential anti-money laundering information Any Person
s.055

Power to maintain registers

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • FCA and HMRC may maintain registers of certain financial and business types Statutory regulator
s.060

Disclosure by cryptoasset businesses

  • Inform customers about lack of regulatory protection Trader
  • Inform customers when activity is not covered by FOS or FSCS Trader
Browse 10 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.056

Requirement that cryptoasset firms acting as cryptoasset exchange providers or custodian wallet providers inform the FCA

s.changes in control of registered cryptoasset busin

Changes in control of registered cryptoasset businesses

s.fit and proper test: cryptoasset businesses

Fit and proper test: cryptoasset businesses

s.obligation of confidentiality

Obligation of confidentiality

s.transitional provision for existing cryptoasset bu

Transitional provision for existing cryptoasset businesses: requirement to register

Part 7 — Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations

s.064

Obligations of payment service providers

Unlimited fine
  • Be able to respond quickly to authorised law‑enforcement enquiries Trader
  • Respond to law enforcement enquiries about fund transfers Operator
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 7A — Cryptoasset Transfers

s.064

Information accompanying an inter-cryptoasset business transfer

  • Include and verify required information for cryptoasset transfers Trader
s.064

Missing or non-corresponding information: the cryptoasset business of a beneficiary

  • Verify cryptoasset transfer information and manage discrepancies Trader
  • Verify and manage information for incoming cryptoasset transfers Trader
s.064

Missing information: intermediaries

Unlimited fine
  • Check and obtain required information before transferring cryptoassets Trader
  • Verify cryptoasset transfer information as an intermediary Trader
s.064

Retention of information with an inter-cryptoasset business transfer: intermediaries

Unlimited fine
  • Pass on information during cryptoasset transfers Trader
  • Ensure required information travels with cryptoasset transfers Trader
s.064

Requesting information: unhosted wallet transfers and cryptoasset businesses

Unlimited fine
  • Request AML information for unhosted wallet transfers Trader
  • Assess risks and restrict unhosted wallet transfers Trader
s.064

Provision of information

Unlimited fine
  • Provide requested information to law enforcement promptly Trader
  • Respond to law enforcement requests for cryptoasset information Trader
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.application of this part

Application of this Part

s.interpretation

Interpretation

Part 8 — Information, Investigation and Directions

s.074

Reporting requirements: cryptoasset businesses

  • Provide information to the FCA when requested Trader
s.074

Report by a skilled person: cryptoasset businesses

Unlimited fine
  • Appoint a skilled person and cooperate with FCA report request Trader
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • FCA may require a skilled person's report on your cryptoasset business Statutory regulator
s.074

Directions: cryptoasset businesses

  • Comply with FCA directions and respond to notices Trader
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • FCA may issue specific directions to cryptoasset businesses Statutory regulator
Browse 9 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 9 — Enforcement

s.084

Publication: the FCA

  • Keep FCA warning notices confidential Any Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • FCA must publish details of money laundering decision and final notices Statutory regulator
s.085

Publication: the Commissioners

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HMRC must publish details of money laundering sanctions and breaches Statutory regulator
s.086

Criminal offence

2 years imprisonment
  • Breach of money laundering or terrorist financing requirements Any Person
  • Fail to comply with money‑laundering requirements Any Person
s.088

Information offences

2 years imprisonment
  • Provide false information or disclose restricted info to regulators Any Person
  • Provide false or misleading information or unlawful disclosure Any Person
Browse 8 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 10 — Appeals

s.095

Review by the Commissioners

  • Notify the Commissioners within 30 days if you want a review Any Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HMRC must review a decision if you accept their offer of a review Statutory regulator
s.097

Review out of time

  • Request a review out of time Any Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HMRC must review a decision if a late request has a reasonable excuse Statutory regulator
s.098

Nature of review etc

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HMRC must conduct and notify the outcome of a manual review Statutory regulator
Browse 4 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 11 — Miscellaneous Provisions

s.102

Costs of supervision

  • Pay FCA supervision charges when imposed Any Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • FCA and HMRC may charge fees for anti-money laundering supervision Statutory regulator
s.104

Suspicious activity disclosures

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NCA must provide annual feedback on suspicious activity reports Statutory regulator
Browse 9 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Schedules

s.sch003

Relevant Offences

2 years imprisonment
  • Make a false statement under oath (perjury) Any Person
s.sch006b

Changes in Control of Registered Cryptoasset Businesses

2 years imprisonment
  • Fail to notify FCA of acquisition or increase in control of a cryptoasset business Any Person
Browse 187 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
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Association of Accounting Technicians

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Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury

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General Council of the Bar

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General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland

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Insolvency Practitioners Association

s.sch001

Institute of Certified Bookkeepers

s.sch001

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

s.sch001

Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland

s.sch001

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland

s.sch001

Institute of Financial Accountants

s.sch001

International Association of Bookkeepers

s.sch001

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

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Law Society

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Law Society of Northern Ireland

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Law Society of Scotland

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Association of International Accountants

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Association of Taxation Technicians

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Chartered Institute of Legal Executives

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Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

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Chartered Institute of Taxation

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Council for Licensed Conveyancers

s.sch001

Faculty of Advocates

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The activities ... are— Lending including, inter alia: consumer credit, credit agreements relating to...

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An offence under the Perjury Act 1911 .

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An offence under section 11(1) (undischarged bankrupts) or 13 (criminal...

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An offence under section 1, 2, 3, 3ZA or 3A...

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An offence under section 112 (false representations or obtaining benefit)...

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An offence under section 52 of the Criminal Justice Act...

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An offence under the Value Added Tax Act 1994 ....

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An offence under section 44(2) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation)...

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An offence under the Data Protection Act 1998 .

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An offence under the Terrorism Act 2000 .

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An offence under paragraph 7(2) or (3) of Schedule 3...

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An offence under the Money Laundering Regulations 2001 , the...

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An offence under section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act...

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An offence under section 35 of the Tax Credits Act...

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An offence under Part 7 (money laundering) or Part 8...

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An offence under the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act...

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An offence under the Terrorism Act 2006 .

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An offence under section 1, 2, 6 or 7 of...

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An offence under section 45 of the Serious Crime Act...

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An offence under Parts 1 (general privacy protections); 2 (lawful...

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An offence under section 45 (failure to prevent facilitation of...

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An offence under the Data Protection Act 2018, apart from...

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An offence of cheating the public revenue.

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An offence under the law of any part of the...

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An offence under section 20BB of the Taxes Management Act...

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Any offence which has deception or dishonesty as one of...

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The common law offences of conspiracy to defraud and perverting...

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An offence of attempting, conspiring or inciting the commission of...

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An offence under section 44 of the Serious Crime Act...

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An offence of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission...

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An act which— (a) constituted an offence under the law...

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An offence under section 11 of the European Communities Act...

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An offence under Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland)...

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An offence under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979...

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An offence under the Estate Agency Act 1979, or specified...

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An offence under any of sections 1 to 5 of...

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An offence under section 35 of the Administration of Justice...

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Excluded Trusts

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Legislative Trusts

s.sch003a

Financial markets infrastructure

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Professional services

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Client money etc.

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Capital markets etc.

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Commercial transactions

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Registration of assets

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Trusts meeting legislative requirements

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A trust of property in respect of which a direction...

s.sch003a

A trust of funds derived from a payment—

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A trust holding tenants’ contributions for the purposes of section...

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Trusts imposed by court order

s.sch003a

The plan trust of a share incentive plan which meets...

s.sch003a

A trust created under a share option scheme that meets...

s.sch003a

A trust holding property for a beneficiary who is a...

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Public authorities

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Interpretation

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Pension scheme trusts

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Trusts of insurance policies

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Charitable trusts

s.sch003a

Pilot trusts

s.sch003a

Bank accounts for minors etc

s.sch003a

Trusts having effect on death

s.sch003a

A trust where— (a) the trust is holding only benefits...

s.sch003a

Co-ownership

s.sch003aza

Material Discrepancies

s.sch003za

High-Risk Third Countries

s.sch004

The number of persons subject to the supervision of the...

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The number of times the supervisory authority has—

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The number of times the supervisory authority has exercised any...

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The number of contraventions of these Regulations committed by supervised...

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The number of contraventions of these Regulations identified upon exercise...

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The number and amount of penalties or charges which have...

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The number of times the supervisory authority has exercised the...

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The number of times the supervisory authority or any of...

s.sch004

A copy of any suspicious activity disclosure (within the meaning...

s.sch004

The number of supervised persons who have contravened requirements imposed...

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Information on the money laundering and terrorist financing practices that...

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Indications that the supervisory authority considers to suggest that a...

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The amount of human resource allocated by the supervisory authority...

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The number of supervised persons who are individuals.

s.sch004

In the case of a self-regulatory organisation, the number of...

s.sch004

In the case of a self-regulatory organisation, the number of...

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The services provided by supervised persons.

s.sch004

The number of firms subject to the supervision of the...

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The number of applications for approval received by the supervisory...

s.sch004

The number of approvals under regulation 26 which were not...

s.sch004

In the case of a self-regulatory organisation, the number, amount...

s.sch005

Corporate Bodies

s.sch005

Partnerships

s.sch005

Unincorporated Associations

s.sch005

Individuals

s.sch006

For the purposes of Part 9 of these Regulations, “relevant...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed in—...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed in...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed in—...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed under—...

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The requirement specified in this paragraph is the requirement imposed...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed in—...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed in—...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed in—...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those—

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed in...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed in—...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed in—...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed in—...

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The requirements specified in this paragraph are those imposed in...

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The United Kingdom’s Financial Intelligence Unit

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Interpretation

s.sch006a

Where an obligation arises under this Schedule for the NCA...

s.sch006a

The NCA is not required to comply with the duty...

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The NCA must have particular regard— (a) where making a...

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Requests for information by the NCA to foreign FIUs

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The NCA must address a request for the information to...

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Where the NCA makes a request to a foreign FIU...

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Conditions and restrictions on use of information received by the NCA from foreign FIUs

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Reports to the National Crime Agency

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Co-operation

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Provision of information in response to external requests

s.sch006a

Where an external request is received and the NCA does...

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The NCA must designate at least one point of contact...

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Where the NCA has provided relevant information to a foreign...

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Where the NCA provides relevant information in response to an...

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Conditions and restrictions on provision or further dissemination of relevant information

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Modifications: Control over registered cryptoasset exchange providers and registered custodian wallet providers

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Interpretation

s.sch007

Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980

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Finance Act 2014

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Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016

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Estate Agents (Undesirable Practices) (No 2) Order 1991

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Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

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Terrorism Act 2000 (Crown Servants and Regulators) Regulations 2001

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Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

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Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001

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Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001

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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Disclosure of information to and by Lord Advocate and Scottish Ministers) Order 2003

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Northern Ireland Act 1998

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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Failure to Disclose Money Laundering: Specified Training) Order 2003

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Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007

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Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

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Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009

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Payment Services Regulations 2009

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Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009

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Overseas Companies Regulations 2009

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Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011

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Electronic Money Regulations 2011

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Terrorism Act 2000 and Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Business in the Regulated Sector) (No 2) Order 2012

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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

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Payment to Treasury of Penalties (Enforcement Costs) Order 2013

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Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014

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Companies (Disclosure of Date of Birth Information) Regulations 2015

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Payment Accounts Regulations 2015

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Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016

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Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) Order 2017

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Terrorism Act 2000

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Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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Counter-Terrorism Act 2008

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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009

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Crime and Courts Act 2013

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HMRC

Primary

HM Revenue & Customs

Tax collection, customs duties, national insurance, tax credits, and enforcement of the National Minimum Wage. Regulates all UK businesses for tax compliance …

FCA

Financial Conduct Authority

Regulation of financial services firms and markets. Supervises banks, insurers, investment firms, payment services, and cryptoasset businesses. Issues authorisations and enforces conduct …

SRA

Solicitors Regulation Authority

Regulates solicitors and law firms in England and Wales. Sets standards, authorises firms, investigates misconduct, and can impose sanctions including fines and …

LSB

Legal Services Board

Oversight regulator for legal services in England and Wales. Supervises approved regulators including SRA, Bar Standards Board, and CILEx. Ensures regulation serves …

Government department responsible for immigration, security, and law and order. Administers UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), issues sponsor licences for employers hiring …

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