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37A Accounts and anti-money laundering fees
(1) An annual accounts fee (the “accounts fee”) and an annual anti-money laundering fee (the “anti-money laundering fee”) are to be paid by each —
(a) solicitor who is required by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (as read with section 43(7)) to pay an annual contribution on behalf of the Guarantee Fund,
(b) incorporated practice authorised legal business that is required by that paragraph of that Schedule to pay an annual corporate contribution on that behalf.
(2) The accounts fee and the anti-money laundering fee are also to be paid by each—
(a) registered European lawyer or registered foreign lawyer who is required by virtue of paragraph 1A or 1B of that Schedule to pay an annual contribution on that behalf,
(b) multi-national practice to which the accounts rules apply by virtue of an enactment.
(3) The accounts fee is to be set by the Council for the purpose of funding the exercise of their function of securing compliance (by the categories specified in subsections (1) and (2)) with the accounts rules.
(3A) The anti-money laundering fee is to be set by the Council for the purpose of funding the exercise of their functions of—
(i) complying with the Oversight of Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Supervision Regulations 2017, and
(ii) securing compliance (by the categories specified in subsections (1) and (2)) with the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017.
(4) The accounts fee and the anti-money laundering fee are to be—
(a) set—
(i) no later than 30 September each year in respect of the 12 month period beginning with 1 November that year, or
(ii) by reference to such other dates as the Council may fix,
(b) paid to the Council by such date as they may fix.
(5) The accounts fee and the anti-money laundering fee may be set—
(a) so as to involve different amounts (including nil) for different—
(i) categories (as specified in subsections (1) and (2)),
(ii) circumstances (by reference to all relevant factors),
(b) in the case of incorporated practices authorised legal businesses, by particular reference to the number of solicitors that they have as owners, partners, directors, members or employees.
(6) The Council may take such steps as they consider necessary for recovering the accounts fee and the anti-money laundering fee due in accordance with this section.
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37A Accounts and anti-money laundering fees
(1) An annual accounts fee (the “accounts fee”) and an annual anti-money laundering fee (the “anti-money laundering fee”) are to be paid by each —
(a) solicitor who is required by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (as read with section 43(7)) to pay an annual contribution on behalf of the Guarantee Fund,
(b) incorporated practice authorised legal business that is required by that paragraph of that Schedule to pay an annual corporate contribution on that behalf.
(2) The accounts fee and the anti-money laundering fee are also to be paid by each—
(a) registered European lawyer or registered foreign lawyer who is required by virtue of paragraph 1A or 1B of that Schedule to pay an annual contribution on that behalf,
(b) multi-national practice to which the accounts rules apply by virtue of an enactment.
(3) The accounts fee is to be set by the Council for the purpose of funding the exercise of their function of securing compliance (by the categories specified in subsections (1) and (2)) with the accounts rules.
(3A) The anti-money laundering fee is to be set by the Council for the purpose of funding the exercise of their functions of—
(i) complying with the Oversight of Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Supervision Regulations 2017, and
(ii) securing compliance (by the categories specified in subsections (1) and (2)) with the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017.
(4) The accounts fee and the anti-money laundering fee are to be—
(a) set—
(i) no later than 30 September each year in respect of the 12 month period beginning with 1 November that year, or
(ii) by reference to such other dates as the Council may fix,
(b) paid to the Council by such date as they may fix.
(5) The accounts fee and the anti-money laundering fee may be set—
(a) so as to involve different amounts (including nil) for different—
(i) categories (as specified in subsections (1) and (2)),
(ii) circumstances (by reference to all relevant factors),
(b) in the case of incorporated practices authorised legal businesses, by particular reference to the number of solicitors that they have as owners, partners, directors, members or employees.
(6) The Council may take such steps as they consider necessary for recovering the accounts fee and the anti-money laundering fee due in accordance with this section.
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