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2023 No. 1371 Financial Services The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2023 Made 13th December 2023 Laid before Parliament 14th December 2023 Coming into force 10th January 2024 The Treasury make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 49 of, and paragraphs 3, 4 and 23 of Schedule 2 to, the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.
Propose a change(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2023. (2) These Regulations come into force on 10th January 2024. (3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Propose a changeIn regulation 35 (enhanced customer due diligence: politically exposed persons) of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017— (a) after paragraph (3) insert— (3A) For the purpose of the relevant person’s assessment under paragraph (3), where a customer or potential customer is a domestic PEP, or a family member or a known close associate of a domestic PEP— (a) the starting point for the assessment is that the customer or potential customer presents a lower level of risk than a non-domestic PEP, and (b) if no enhanced risk factors are present, the extent of enhanced customer due diligence measures to be applied in relation to that customer or potential customer is less than the extent to be applied in the case of a non-domestic PEP. ; (b) after paragraph (12)(c) insert— (d) “domestic PEP” means a politically exposed person entrusted with prominent public functions by the United Kingdom; (e) “non-domestic PEP” means a politically exposed person who is not a domestic PEP; (f) “enhanced risk factors”, in relation to a customer or potential customer who is a domestic PEP or a family member or a known close associate of that domestic PEP, mean risk factors other than the customer’s or potential customer’s position as a domestic PEP or as a family member or a known close associate of that domestic PEP. ; (c) in paragraph (14), for “(12)(a)” substitute “(12)”.
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