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Each provision has a disposition (obligation mapped, contextual, outside scope, superseded, future or unresolved), and each mapped obligation has an independently reviewed plain-English explanation. FCA Handbook material (SYSC and the Financial Crime Guide) is copyright: the register shows a short excerpt of each provision with a link to the full text on the FCA Handbook. The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 is an enabling Act and places no duties on firms directly; the firm duties it enables are in the regulations made under it, such as the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. For the Bribery Act 2010, the Criminal Finances Act 2017, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the register covers the sections named on each instrument, and every section in that range is accounted for. The failure-to-prevent offences are offences, not duties: the register records the offence as context and maps the prevention procedures defence as the control a firm builds. The Financial Crime Guide is covered in full: chapters 1 to 3 and chapters 4 to 8 with Annex 1. It is guidance, so a paragraph is recorded as an obligation only where its own text says what the FCA expects a firm to do; self-assessment questions, good and poor practice examples and case studies illustrate those expectations and are recorded as context. Each chapter names its own audience, and the register uses it: the insider dealing and market manipulation chapter, for example, applies only to banks and investment firms subject to SYSC 6.1.1R. One published table in the data security chapter (FCG 5.2.3A) heads its poor-practice list "Examples of good practice"; the explanation of that paragraph says which list is which. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/102), the UK’s new regime for cryptoassets, are covered in full. They come fully into force on 25 October 2027. Since 25 February 2026 they have been in force only so that the FCA can make rules, give guidance and directions, and so that firms can apply for permission for the new cryptoasset activities. Their firm duties are therefore recorded as future duties with their start date, so a firm can plan for them. These include the ban on public offers outside the listed exceptions, disclosure-document content, the insider dealing, unlawful disclosure and market manipulation prohibitions, systems to prevent and detect market abuse and to report suspicious orders, public disclosure of inside information, insider lists, information sharing, whistleblowing procedures, and the notification an authorised firm must give the FCA when acting as a cryptoasset exchange provider or custodian wallet provider. The transitional notifications are recorded the same way. FCA and Treasury powers are outside scope; the exceptions to the public-offer ban and the defences to compensation liability are context. Chapters 1 to 4 of the JMLSG Guidance Part I are also covered: senior management responsibility (1.1 to 1.65), internal controls (2.1 to 2.24), the nominated officer and MLRO (3.1 to 3.49) and the risk-based approach (4.1 to 4.82, without Annexes 4-I to 4-III), and the first part of Chapter 5 on customer due diligence (sections 5.1 and 5.2, and paragraphs 5.3.1 to 5.3.91 of section 5.3, which end with the standard identification requirement for private individuals; paragraphs 5.3.92 onwards and sections 5.4 to 5.7 are not yet covered). Where the Guidance repeats a duty it has already stated, the repeat is recorded as context pointing to the paragraph where the duty is recorded, so each duty is counted once. The Guidance is industry guidance approved by the Treasury, not law: a paragraph is recorded as an obligation only where it says what a firm should do, and where it restates a legal duty the register links it to the Money Laundering Regulations or SYSC provision that holds the duty itself. Its margin citations that point to provisions not yet in the register (for example parts of SYSC 24 and 25 on the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, and SUP 16.23 on the annual financial crime report) are listed on each paragraph. The register shows short excerpts of the Guidance with a link to the published text. Four further sanctions regimes are covered in full: the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 and the Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. In each, the asset freeze and the bans on making funds or economic resources available bind everyone, reach entities a designated person owns or controls, and list the specific exceptions and licences that relax them. Under the ISIL and Al-Qaida regime a person is designated automatically for as long as the UN list names them, with no UK decision. Each regime has its own duty on relevant firms to report designated persons and breaches to the Treasury, covering the persons designated under that regime. The two Iran instruments are in force side by side and do not overlap: the 2023 Regulations deal with human rights and hostile activity (internal repression goods, interception and monitoring, and goods of strategic concern such as drone components), and the Nuclear Regulations deal with proliferation (military, missile and nuclear goods, arrangements that let Iranian persons take part in uranium mining and related commercial activity, and the ban on providing specialised financial messaging services, which binds the messaging provider rather than a bank sending its own payments). The financial services, funds and brokering limbs of the trade bans are recorded as obligations; the powers of the Secretary of State, the Treasury and enforcement officers, and the duties of ship masters, port operators and exporters, are outside scope. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 are also covered in full. Besides the asset freeze, they place duties on UK credit and financial institutions, meaning any firm with FSMA permission and any money service business: not to open accounts, correspondent relationships, joint ventures or ownership interests with DPRK banks (including their branches and subsidiaries anywhere, and banks abroad that DPRK persons own or control), to close any that exist, not to open accounts for DPRK diplomatic missions, and not to transact with DPRK banks. Transfers of funds to or from the DPRK are banned apart from small listed payments. A Treasury licence relaxes the prohibitions, but the duty to close existing relationships is relaxed only by a Treasury direction. A relevant firm that suspects proliferation financing in its business with a DPRK bank must report it to the National Crime Agency and hold the related payments until it has instructions; that is separate from the usual report of designated persons to the Treasury. The finance of trade in the regime's many goods categories is caught by specific bans for military, dual-use and weapons-related items and for gold, precious metals and diamonds, and by a general ban on financing any other trade with the DPRK. The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 are covered in full. Besides the asset freeze, they ban dealing in new securities and money-market instruments issued by the Belarusian state and Belarus-connected companies, new loans to them, insurance and reinsurance for the Belarusian state, and reserve-management services for the National Bank and Ministry of Finance. The securities, loan and insurance bans reach companies through majority or full ownership, not through control. The finance and brokering bans in the trade rules cover nine of the twelve export categories (not banknotes, luxury goods or tobacco industry goods) and the Belarusian import goods other than arms. Banks and bureaux may not pay out or exchange sterling or EU banknotes for people connected with Belarus beyond a £10,000 traveller allowance, and may not buy Belarusian gold as principal. The duties on social media, internet access and app store providers to block designated persons, enforced by OFCOM, and the designated person's own duty to report its assets, are outside scope. Chapter 19 (Financial crime) of the FCA’s “Payment Services and Electronic Money - Our Approach” is also covered in full. It is the only chapter of that document about anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing or financial-crime controls; the chapter on operational and security risks deals with fraud and IT resilience and is not covered. The chapter is FCA guidance addressed to payment service providers and e-money issuers, including small payment and small e-money institutions. Where it restates a legal duty, such as the Money Laundering Regulations duties on policies and procedures and on appointing a compliance officer, the register links it to that provision rather than counting the duty again. Its own expectations are recorded as obligations: financial-crime systems and controls, the risk factors to weigh, risk-sensitive ongoing due diligence and acceptable-use policies, extra risk mitigation for merchant customers, regular review of anti-money laundering policies, managing the financial crime risk that comes from agents, distributors and outsourced providers, the knowledge, authority and resources of the compliance officer, and having regard to the FCA’s guidance on politically exposed persons. Its explanation of when required customer communications are not tipping off is recorded as context, and the FCA’s enforcement powers are outside scope.
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A person who is given information that the Secretary of State has restricted the publicity of, or who otherwise obtains it, must not disclose it if they know or have reasonable cause to suspect it is to be treated as confidential, unless the disclosure has lawful authority (such as the Secretary of State’s or the subject’s own consent, or a legal-proceedings requirement).
A person who is provided with, or otherwise obtains, information that the Secretary of State has specified is to be treated as confidential must not disclose it, if they know or have reasonable cause to suspect that the information is to be treated as confidential, unless the disclosure is made with lawful authority.
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must not, subject to paragraph (3), disclose it if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that the information is to be treated as confidential
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9 1 Where the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 8(6)(b) informs only certain persons of a designation, variation or revocation and (in the case of a designation) of the contents of the statement of reasons, the Secretary of State may specify that any of that information is to be treated as confidential. 2 A person (“P”) who— a is provided with information that is to be treated as confidential in accordance with paragraph (1), or b otherwise obtains such information, must not, subject to paragraph (3), disclose it if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that the information is to be treated as confidential. 3 The prohibition in paragraph (2) does not apply to any disclosure made by P with lawful authority. 4 For this purpose information is disclosed with lawful authority only if and to the extent that— a the disclosure is by, or is authorised by, the Secretary of State, b the disclosure is by or with the consent of the person who is or was the subject of the designation, c the disclosure is necessary to give effect to a requirement imposed under or by virtue of these Regulations or any other enactment, or d the disclosure is required, under rules of court, tribunal rules or a court or tribunal order, for the purposes of legal proceedings of any description. 5 This regulation does not prevent the disclosure of information that is already, or has previously been, available to the public from other sources. 6 A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (2) commits an offence. 7 The High Court (in Scotland, the Court of Session) may, on the application of— a the person who is the subject of the information, or b the Secretary of State, grant an injunction (in Scotland, an interdict) to prevent a breach of the prohibition in paragraph (2). 8 In paragraph (4)(c), “ enactment ” has the meaning given by section 54(6) of the Act.
A person must not deal with funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by a designated person if they know, or have reasonable cause to suspect, that they are dealing with such funds or economic resources; "dealing with" covers using, moving, transferring, altering or exchanging them, and the funds/resources of an entity the designated person owns or controls count as the designated person’s own.
A person must not deal with funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by a designated person, if they know or have reasonable cause to suspect that they are dealing with such funds or economic resources.
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A person (“P”) must not deal with funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is dealing with such funds or economic resources
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11 1 A person (“P”) must not deal with funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is dealing with such funds or economic resources. 2 Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences). 3 A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence. 4 For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person “deals with” funds if the person— a uses, alters, moves, transfers or allows access to the funds, b deals with the funds in any other way that would result in any change in volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character or destination, or c makes any other change, including portfolio management, that would enable use of the funds. 5 For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person “deals with” economic resources if the person— a exchanges the economic resources for funds, goods or services, or b uses the economic resources in exchange for funds, goods or services (whether by pledging them as security or otherwise). 6 The reference in paragraph (1) to funds or economic resources that are “owned, held or controlled” by a person includes, in particular, a reference to— a funds or economic resources in which the person has any legal or equitable interest, regardless of whether the interest is held jointly with any other person and regardless of whether any other person holds an interest in the funds or economic resources; b any tangible property (other than real property), or bearer security, that is comprised in funds or economic resources and is in the possession of the person. 7 For the purposes of paragraph (1) funds or economic resources are to be treated as owned, held or controlled by a designated person if they are owned, held or controlled by a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person. 8 For the avoidance of doubt, the reference in paragraph (1) to a designated person includes P if P is a designated person.
A person must not make funds available, directly or indirectly, to a designated person, if they know or have reasonable cause to suspect they are doing so; this reaches funds made available to an entity the designated person owns or controls.
A person must not make funds available, directly or indirectly, to a designated person, if they know or have reasonable cause to suspect that they are making the funds so available.
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A person (“P”) must not make funds available directly or indirectly to a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is making the funds so available
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12 1 A person (“P”) must not make funds available directly or indirectly to a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is making the funds so available. 2 Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences). 3 A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence. 4 The reference in paragraph (1) to making funds available indirectly to a designated person includes, in particular, a reference to making them available to a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person.
A person must not make funds available to anyone for the benefit of a designated person, knowing or suspecting they are doing so; funds are "for the benefit of" a designated person only if that person thereby obtains, or could obtain, a significant financial benefit, including discharging a debt they are responsible for.
A person must not make funds available to any person for the benefit of a designated person, if they know or have reasonable cause to suspect that they are making the funds so available.
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A person (“P”) must not make funds available to any person for the benefit of a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is making the funds so available
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13 1 A person (“P”) must not make funds available to any person for the benefit of a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is making the funds so available. 2 Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences). 3 A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence. 3A The reference in paragraph (1) to making funds available to any person for the benefit of a designated person includes making funds available for the benefit of a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person (and references to designated person in paragraph (4) are to be read accordingly). 4 For the purposes of this regulation— a funds are made available for the benefit of a designated person only if that person thereby obtains, or is able to obtain, a significant financial benefit, and b “ financial benefit ” includes the discharge (or partial discharge) of a financial obligation for which the designated person is wholly or partly responsible.
A person must not make economic resources available, directly or indirectly, to a designated person, knowing or suspecting both that they are doing so and that the designated person would likely exchange the resources for funds, goods or services.
A person must not make economic resources available, directly or indirectly, to a designated person, if they know or have reasonable cause to suspect both that they are making them so available and that the designated person would likely exchange them for funds, goods or services.
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A person (“P”) must not make economic resources available directly or indirectly to a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect
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14 1 A person (“P”) must not make economic resources available directly or indirectly to a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect— a that P is making the economic resources so available, and b that the designated person would be likely to exchange the economic resources for, or use them in exchange for, funds, goods or services. 2 Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences). 3 A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence. 4 The reference in paragraph (1) to making economic resources available indirectly to a designated person includes, in particular, a reference to making them available to a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person.
A person must not make economic resources available to anyone for the benefit of a designated person, knowing or suspecting they are doing so; resources are "for the benefit of" a designated person only if that person thereby obtains, or could obtain, a significant financial benefit.
A person must not make economic resources available to any person for the benefit of a designated person, if they know or have reasonable cause to suspect that they are making the economic resources so available.
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A person (“P”) must not make economic resources available to any person for the benefit of a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is making the economic resources so available
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15 1 A person (“P”) must not make economic resources available to any person for the benefit of a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is making the economic resources so available. 2 Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences). 3 A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence. 3A The reference in paragraph (1) to making economic resources available to any person for the benefit of a designated person includes making economic resources available for the benefit of a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person (and references to designated person in paragraph (4) are to be read accordingly). 4 For the purposes of paragraph (1)— a economic resources are made available for the benefit of a designated person only if that person thereby obtains, or is able to obtain, a significant financial benefit, and b “ financial benefit ” includes the discharge (or partial discharge) of a financial obligation for which the designated person is wholly or partly responsible.
A person must not provide insurance or reinsurance services to Belarus, a Belarusian authority, a person wholly owned by either, or a person acting for either, if they know or have reasonable cause to suspect this, subject to a saving for pre-2021-Amendment-Regulations agreements and a carve-out for safe-transit-related directions.
A person must not provide insurance or reinsurance services to Belarus, a Belarusian authority, a person wholly owned by either, or a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of any of them, if they know or have reasonable cause to suspect that they are providing such services to such a person.
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A person (“P”) must not provide insurance or reinsurance services to a person falling within paragraph (2) if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is providing such services to such a person
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15C 1 A person (“P”) must not provide insurance or reinsurance services to a person falling within paragraph (2) if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is providing such services to such a person. 2 The following persons fall within this paragraph— a Belarus; b a Belarusian authority; c a person, other than an individual, which is wholly owned by Belarus or a Belarusian authority; d a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of a person within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c). 3 Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences). 4 A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence. 5 Nothing in this regulation prohibits compliance with an insurance or reinsurance agreement concluded before the date on which the Amendment Regulations 2021 come into force. 6 For the purposes of this regulation— a “insurance and reinsurance services” include the provision of services relating to the extension or renewal of an insurance or reinsurance agreement, except where there is an obligation, which arose before the date on which the Amendment Regulations 2021 come into force, of the insurer or re-insurer to accept the extension or renewal; b paragraph (2)(d) does not include any person who is acting under a direction which is given in relation to a ship or aircraft for the purposes of docking, loading or unloading the ship or aircraft or for any purpose in connection with the safe transit of the ship or aircraft through Belarus or the airspace above it.
A person must not intentionally take part in activities they know are aimed, directly or indirectly, at circumventing any prohibition in Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 3 (the asset-freeze and securities/loans/insurance/forex-management prohibitions), or at enabling or facilitating its breach.
A person must not intentionally participate in activities knowing that the object or effect of them is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent any of the prohibitions in Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 3, or to enable or facilitate their contravention.
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A person must not intentionally participate in activities knowing that the object or effect of them is, whether directly or indirectly
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16 1 A person must not intentionally participate in activities knowing that the object or effect of them is, whether directly or indirectly— a to circumvent any of the prohibitions in Chapter 1 or 2 , or b to enable or facilitate the contravention of any such prohibition. 2 A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence.
Prohibits directly or indirectly making any of the twelve goods/technology categories available to a person connected with Belarus, or available for use in Belarus, with defences of not knowing or suspecting the Belarus connection or end-use.
Do not make sterling or EU-currency banknotes available (by cash withdrawal, currency exchange or delivery) to a person connected with Belarus or for use in Belarus.
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directly or indirectly make goods or technology to which this paragraph applies available to a person connected with Belarus
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23 1 A person must not— a directly or indirectly make goods or technology to which this paragraph applies available to a person connected with Belarus; b directly or indirectly make goods or technology to which this paragraph applies available for use in Belarus. 1A Paragraph (1) applies to— a banknotes; b chemical and biological weapons-related goods and chemical and biological weapons-related technology; c critical-industry goods and critical-industry technology; d dual-use goods and dual-use technology; e interception and monitoring goods and interception and monitoring technology; f internal repression goods and internal repression technology; g luxury goods; h machinery-related goods and machinery-related technology; i military goods and military technology; j oil refining goods and oil refining technology; k quantum computing and advanced materials goods and quantum computing and advanced materials technology; l tobacco industry goods. 2 Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences). 3 A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but— a it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Belarus; b it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods or technology were for use in Belarus.
A person must not directly or indirectly provide financial services, or make funds available, to a person connected with Belarus in connection with an arrangement to export, supply, make available or transfer any "relevant goods" or "relevant technology" (the nine goods/technology categories sharing a financial-services limb), or provide related technical assistance, and must not provide financial services or funds in pursuance of such an arrangement generally, subject to innocent-dealing defences.
A person must not directly or indirectly provide financial services or funds to a person connected with Belarus, or generally, in connection with an arrangement for exporting, supplying, making available or transferring relevant goods or relevant technology, or providing related technical assistance.
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A person must not directly or indirectly provide, to a person connected with Belarus, financial services in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is
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26 1 A person must not directly or indirectly provide, to a person connected with Belarus, financial services in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is— a the export of relevant goods, b the direct or indirect supply or delivery of relevant goods, c directly or indirectly making relevant goods or relevant technology available to a person, d the transfer of relevant technology, or e the direct or indirect provision of technical assistance relating to relevant goods or relevant technology. 2 A person must not directly or indirectly make funds available to a person connected with Belarus in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in paragraph (1). 3 A person must not directly or indirectly provide financial services or funds in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is— a the export of relevant goods to, or for use in, Belarus, b the direct or indirect supply or delivery of relevant goods to a place in Belarus, c directly or indirectly making relevant goods or relevant technology available— i to a person connected with Belarus, or ii for use in Belarus, d the transfer of relevant technology— i to a person connected with Belarus, or ii for use in Belarus, or e the direct or indirect provision of technical assistance relating to relevant goods or relevant technology— i to a person connected with Belarus, ii for use in Belarus. 4 Paragraphs (1) to (3) are subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences). 5 A person who contravenes a prohibition in any of paragraphs (1) to (3) commits an offence, but— a it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (1) or (2) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Belarus; b it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening a prohibition in paragraph (3) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the financial services or funds (as the case may be) were provided in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph. 6 In this regulation— “ relevant goods ” means— chemical and biological weapons-related goods; critical-industry goods; dual-use goods; interception and monitoring goods; internal repression goods; machinery-related goods; military goods; oil refining goods; quantum computing and advanced materials goods; “ relevant technology ” means— chemical and biological weapons-related technology; critical-industry technology; dual-use technology; interception and monitoring technology; internal repression technology; machinery-related technology; military technology; oil refining technology; quantum computing and advanced materials technology.
A person must not directly or indirectly provide brokering services for a non-UK arrangement whose object or effect is supplying, making available or transferring relevant goods or relevant technology to or in connection with Belarus, or providing related technical assistance, financial services, funds or brokering, subject to an innocent-dealing defence.
A person must not directly or indirectly provide brokering services in relation to a non-UK arrangement whose object or effect is the supply, availability or transfer of relevant goods or relevant technology connected with Belarus, or the provision of related technical assistance, financial services or funds.
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A person must not directly or indirectly provide brokering services in relation to an arrangement (“arrangement A”) whose object or effect is
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27 1 A person must not directly or indirectly provide brokering services in relation to an arrangement (“arrangement A”) whose object or effect is— a the direct or indirect supply or delivery of relevant goods from a third country to a place in Belarus, b directly or indirectly making relevant goods available in a third country for direct or indirect supply or delivery— i to a person connected with Belarus, or ii to a place in Belarus, c directly or indirectly making relevant technology available in a third country for transfer— i to a person connected with Belarus, or ii to a place in Belarus, d the transfer of relevant technology from a place in a third country— i to a person connected with Belarus, or ii to a place in Belarus, e the direct or indirect provision, in a non-UK country, of technical assistance relating to relevant goods or relevant technology— i to a person connected with Belarus, or ii for use in Belarus, f the direct or indirect provision, in a non-UK country, of financial services— i to a person connected with Belarus, where arrangement A, or any other arrangement in connection with which arrangement A is entered into, is an arrangement mentioned in regulation 26(1), or ii where arrangement A, or any other arrangement in connection with which arrangement A is entered into, is an arrangement mentioned in regulation 26(3), g directly or indirectly making funds available, in a non-UK country, to a person connected with Belarus where arrangement A, or any other arrangement in connection with which arrangement A is entered into, is an arrangement mentioned in regulation 26(1), or h the direct or indirect provision of funds from a non-UK country, where arrangement A, or any other arrangement in connection with which arrangement A is entered into, is an arrangement mentioned in regulation 26(3). 2 Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences). 3 A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the brokering services were provided in relation to an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph. 4 In this regulation— “ non-UK country ” means a country that is not the United Kingdom; “relevant goods” and “relevant technology” have the meanings given in regulation 26; “ third country ” means— for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) and (b), a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or Belarus, and for the purposes of any other provision of paragraph (1), a country that is not the United Kingdom or Belarus.
A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance, armed personnel, financial services or funds, or brokering services for an arrangement to provide any of those things in a non-UK country, where doing so enables or facilitates military activity carried on or proposed by the Belarusian military or another Belarus-connected military end-user, with a defence of not knowing or suspecting this effect.
A person must not directly or indirectly provide technical assistance, armed personnel, financial services or funds, or brokering services (for a non-UK arrangement to provide any of those things), where this enables or facilitates military activity carried on or proposed to be carried on by the Belarusian military or another Belarus-connected military end-user.
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A person must not directly or indirectly provide— a technical assistance, b armed personnel, c financial services or funds, or d brokering services in relation to an arrangement whose object or effect is to provide, in a non-UK country, anything mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c)
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27O 1 A person must not directly or indirectly provide— a technical assistance, b armed personnel, c financial services or funds, or d brokering services in relation to an arrangement whose object or effect is to provide, in a non-UK country, anything mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c), where such provision enables or facilitates the conduct of military activities carried on or proposed to be carried on by the Belarusian military or any other military end-user who is a person connected with Belarus. 2 Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 6 (Exceptions and licences). 3 A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with that offence to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the provision as mentioned in paragraph (1) would enable or facilitate the conduct of military activities carried on or proposed to be carried on by the Belarusian military or any other military end-user who is a person connected with Belarus. 4 In this regulation— “ non-UK country ” means a country that is not the United Kingdom; “ technical assistance ” means the provision of technical support or any other technical service. 5 Nothing in this regulation is to be taken to limit the meaning of any of the prohibitions contained in this Part.
The trade-regime twin of the regulation 16 finance anti-circumvention duty: a person must not intentionally take part in activities they know are aimed, directly or indirectly, at circumventing any prohibition in Chapter 2, 2B or 2C of Part 5 (the twelve-category export regime and the second Belarus-origin goods list), or at enabling or facilitating its breach.
A person must not intentionally participate in activities knowing that the object or effect of them is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent any of the prohibitions in Chapter 2, 2B or 2C of Part 5, or to enable or facilitate their contravention.
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A person must not intentionally participate in activities knowing that the object or effect of them is, whether directly or indirectly
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28 1 A person must not intentionally participate in activities knowing that the object or effect of them is, whether directly or indirectly— a to circumvent any of the prohibitions in Chapter 2 ..., 2B or 2C of this Part, or b to enable or facilitate the contravention of any such prohibition. 2 A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence.
Sets out how a regulation 29A direction overrides conflicting ANO permission or revocation requirements and other aviation enactments, and separately prohibits a person from disclosing the existence, content, or anything done under, a regulation 29A direction, where the Secretary of State has notified them that the information is to be treated as confidential.
A person must not disclose any information which the Secretary of State has notified that person is to be treated as confidential, where that information relates to the existence, content or anything done under a regulation 29A direction.
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A person must not disclose any information which the Secretary of State has notified that person under paragraph (5) is to be treated as confidential
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29C 1 Where a direction is given under regulation 29A(1)(c) or (d)— a to the extent that the direction conflicts with the requirements of article 255 of the ANO (revocation etc. of permissions), those requirements are to be disregarded, and b article 255(4) of the ANO does not apply in relation to the suspension or revocation which is the subject of the direction. 2 Where a direction is given under regulation 29A which conflicts with a permission under article 250 of the ANO, the permission is to be disregarded. 3 In so far as a direction under regulation 29A conflicts with the requirements of section 93 of the Transport Act 2000 or of an order under section 94 of that Act, the direction is to be disregarded. 4 In so far as a direction under regulation 29A conflicts with the requirements of an enactment other than section 93 of the Transport Act 2000 or an order under section 94 of that Act, the requirements are to be disregarded. 5 The Secretary of State may notify a person that the existence, any part of the content of a direction under regulation 29A, or anything done under the direction, is to be treated as confidential. 6 A person must not disclose any information which the Secretary of State has notified that person under paragraph (5) is to be treated as confidential.
The Secretary of State or a harbour authority may give the master or pilot of a specified ship a direction barring it from UK ports, and failing to comply is an offence. Anyone the Secretary of State notifies that the direction, its content or anything done under it is confidential must not disclose that information.
A person notified by the Secretary of State that a port barring direction, or anything about it, is confidential must not disclose that information.
Prohibited action
It is an offence for a person to disclose information if the Secretary of State has notified that person under paragraph (5) that the information is to be treated as confidential
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29G 1 A port barring direction may be given to the master or pilot of a specified ship. 2 A port barring direction may be given by— a the Secretary of State, or b a harbour authority. 3 The Secretary of State may direct a harbour authority to take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that a ship mentioned in a port barring direction does not enter a port or ports specified in the direction, or any port in the United Kingdom. 4 It is an offence for a person to whom a direction is given under this regulation to fail to comply with the direction. 5 The Secretary of State may notify a person that the existence of a port barring direction, any part of the content of the direction, or anything done under the direction, is to be treated as confidential. 6 It is an offence for a person to disclose information if the Secretary of State has notified that person under paragraph (5) that the information is to be treated as confidential. 7 In this regulation, a “ port barring direction ” means a direction prohibiting a ship from entering a port or ports specified in the direction, or any port in the United Kingdom.
The Secretary of State may direct the master or pilot of a ship linked to a designated person or to Belarus, or a specified ship, to enter or leave a port, go to a place or stay where it is, and failing to comply is an offence. Anyone notified that the direction, its content or anything done under it is confidential must not disclose that information.
A person notified by the Secretary of State that a port entry or movement direction, or anything about it, is confidential must not disclose that information.
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It is an offence for a person to disclose information if the Secretary of State has notified that person under paragraph (4) that the information is to be treated as confidential
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29H 1 A port entry direction or a movement direction may be given by the Secretary of State to the master or pilot of— a a ship owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a designated person, b a ship owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a person connected with Belarus, c a ship registered in Belarus, d a ship flying the flag of Belarus, or e a specified ship. 2 The Secretary of State may direct a harbour authority to take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that a ship mentioned in paragraph (1)— a proceeds to or enters a port specified in the direction, b leaves a port specified in the direction, c proceeds to a place specified in the direction, or d remains where it is. 3 It is an offence for a person to whom a direction is given under this regulation to fail to comply with the direction. 4 The Secretary of State may notify a person that the existence of a port entry direction or a movement direction, any part of the content of the direction, or anything done under the direction, is to be treated as confidential. 5 It is an offence for a person to disclose information if the Secretary of State has notified that person under paragraph (4) that the information is to be treated as confidential. 6 In this regulation— “ designated person ” means a person who is designated under regulation 5 for the purposes of this regulation; “ movement direction ” means a direction requiring a ship— to leave a port specified in the direction, to proceed to a place specified in the direction, or to remain where it is; “ port entry direction ” means a direction requiring a ship to proceed to or enter a port specified in the direction.
It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly provide false information or a false document to obtain a Treasury licence (for oneself or anyone else), and an offence to act under the authority of a Treasury licence while failing to comply with any of its conditions.
A person must not knowingly or recklessly provide false information, or a false document, for the purpose of obtaining a Treasury licence, and must not purport to act under the authority of a Treasury licence while failing to comply with any of its conditions.
Prohibited action
A person (“P”) commits an offence if P knowingly or recklessly— a provides information that is false in a material respect
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35 1 A person (“P”) commits an offence if P knowingly or recklessly— a provides information that is false in a material respect, or b provides or produces a document that is not what it purports to be, for the purpose of obtaining a Treasury licence (whether for P or anyone else). 2 A person who purports to act under the authority of a Treasury licence but who fails to comply with any condition of the licence commits an offence.
The trade-licence twin of regulation 35: it is an offence to knowingly or recklessly provide false information or a false document to obtain a trade licence, and an offence to act under the authority of such a licence while breaching its conditions, which voids the licence from the time it was issued.
A person must not knowingly or recklessly provide false information, or a false document, for the purpose of obtaining a trade licence, and must not purport to act under the authority of such a licence while failing to comply with any of its conditions.
Prohibited action
A person (“P”) commits an offence if P knowingly or recklessly— a provides information that is false in a material respect
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36 1 A person (“P”) commits an offence if P knowingly or recklessly— a provides information that is false in a material respect, or b provides or produces a document that is not what it purports to be, for the purpose of obtaining a trade licence (whether for P or anyone else). 2 A person who purports to act under the authority of a trade licence but who fails to comply with any condition of the licence commits an offence. 3 A licence in respect of which an offence under paragraph (1) has been committed is to be treated as void from the time at which it was issued.
A relevant firm (regulation 39) must tell the Treasury as soon as practicable if, from information that reached it in the course of its business, it knows or suspects that a person is designated or has breached a Part 3 (finance) or regulation 35 obligation, stating the basis, identifying information and, for a customer, the funds held when the suspicion arose. Anyone who knows or suspects it holds a designated person's funds must report them each year by 30 November (as at 30 September) and when it no longer holds them, unless it is itself a designated person reporting under regulation 38A (paragraph (4D)); and a relevant institution must report without delay when it credits a frozen account under regulation 30(4) or transfers from one under regulation 30(6).
Report to the Treasury as soon as practicable any knowledge or suspicion, arising in the course of business, that a person is designated or has breached a Part 3 (finance) prohibition, including the securities, loan, insurance and reserve-management bans, or the regulation 35 licensing rules, with its basis, identifying information and, for a customer, the funds held when the suspicion arose; report a designated person's holdings each year by 30 November (as at 30 September) and report when they are no longer held; and report credits to, and transfers from, a frozen account under regulation 30(4) and (6) without delay.
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Data items: information on which the knowledge or suspicion is based, identifying information about the person, nature and amount of funds or economic resources held for a customer when the suspicion arose, annual holdings of a designated person's funds or economic resources as at 30 September (by 30 November), and notice when no longer held, frozen-account credits under regulation 30(4) and transfers under regulation 30(6)
A relevant firm must inform the Treasury as soon as practicable if— a it knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that a person
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38 1 A relevant firm must inform the Treasury as soon as practicable if— a it knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that a person— i is a designated person, or ii has breached a prohibition or failed to comply with an obligation under any provision of Part 3 (Finance) or regulation 35 (finance: licensing offences), and b the information or other matter on which the knowledge or cause for suspicion is based came to it in the course of carrying on its business. 2 Where a relevant firm informs the Treasury under paragraph (1), it must state— a the information or other matter on which the knowledge or suspicion is based, and b any information it holds about the person by which the person can be identified. 3 Paragraph (4) applies if— a a relevant firm informs the Treasury under paragraph (1) that it knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that a person is a designated person, and b that person is a customer of the relevant firm. 4 The relevant firm must also state the nature and amount or quantity of any funds or economic resources held by it for the customer at the time when it first had the knowledge or suspicion. 4A Where a person (“ P ”) knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P holds funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by a designated person, P must by no later than 30th November in each calendar year provide a report to the Treasury as to the nature and amount or quantity of those funds or economic resources held by P as of 30th September in that calendar year. 4B Where a report has been provided further to paragraph (4A) but as of 30th September in the following calendar year P no longer holds funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by the designated person, P must by no later than 30th November in that calendar year report this to the Treasury. 4C For the purposes of paragraphs (4A) and (4B), funds or economic resources are to be treated as owned, held or controlled by a designated person if they are owned, held or controlled by a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person. 4D Paragraphs (4A) and (4B) do not apply where P is a designated person who is required to report to the Treasury in accordance with regulation 38A(1) or (2) (designated persons: reporting obligations), except in so far as P is a designated person who holds funds or economic resources for another designated person. 5 A relevant institution must inform the Treasury without delay if that institution— a credits a frozen account in accordance with regulation 30(4) (finance: exceptions from prohibitions), or b transfers funds from a frozen account in accordance with regulation 30(6). 6 A person who fails to comply with a requirement in paragraph (1), (2) or (4) commits an offence. 6A A person commits an offence if that person, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement in paragraph (4A) or (4B). 7 In this regulation— “ designated person ” has the same meaning as it has in Part 3 (Finance); “ frozen account ” has the same meaning as it has in regulation 30; “ relevant firm ” is to be read in accordance with regulation 39; “ relevant institution ” has the same meaning as it has in regulation 30.
A designated person who makes a required payment, a person who makes a required payment on a designated person’s behalf, and a person who receives a reimbursement payment, must each inform the Treasury without delay.
A designated person must inform the Treasury without delay if they make a required payment; a person who makes a required payment on behalf of a designated person must inform the Treasury without delay that they have made it; and a person who receives a reimbursement payment must inform the Treasury without delay.
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A designated person must inform the Treasury without delay if they make a required payment
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38ZA 1 A designated person must inform the Treasury without delay if they make a required payment. 2 A person who makes a required payment on behalf of a designated person must inform the Treasury without delay that they have made the required payment. 3 A person must inform the Treasury without delay if they receive a reimbursement payment. 4 For the purposes of this regulation, references to a designated person are to be read as including a person who is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by the designated person. 5 In this regulation— “ designated person ” has the meaning given in regulation 30ZA(8) (finance: exception from prohibitions for required payments); “ reimbursement payment ” has the meaning given in regulation 30ZA(8); “ required payment ” has the meaning given in regulation 30ZA(2).
Where the Treasury requests a designated person or Treasury licensee to produce specified documents, that person must take reasonable steps to obtain them if not already in their possession, and must keep them available except to provide to the Treasury or as the Treasury otherwise permits.
Where the Treasury requests a designated person, or a person acting under a Treasury licence, to produce documents, that person must take reasonable steps to obtain the documents if not already in their possession or control, and must keep them under their possession or control except for the purpose of providing them to the Treasury or as the Treasury otherwise permits.
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Where the Treasury request a designated person or a person acting under a Treasury licence to produce documents, that person must— a take reasonable steps to obtain the documents
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41 1 A request under regulation 40 may include a request to produce specified documents or documents of a specified description. 2 Where the Treasury request that documents be produced, the Treasury may— a take copies of or extracts from any document so produced, b request any person producing a document to give an explanation of it, and c where that person is a body corporate, partnership or unincorporated body other than a partnership, request any person who is— i in the case of a partnership, a present or past partner or employee of the partnership, or ii in any other case, a present or past officer or employee of the body concerned, to give such an explanation. 3 Where the Treasury request a designated person or a person acting under a Treasury licence to produce documents, that person must— a take reasonable steps to obtain the documents (if they are not already in the person's possession or control); b keep the documents under the person's possession or control (except for the purpose of providing them to the Treasury or as the Treasury may otherwise permit). 4 In this regulation “ designated person ” has the same meaning as it has in Part 3 (Finance).
It is an offence to refuse or fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a Treasury information request; to knowingly or recklessly give false information or a false document in response; to destroy, deface or conceal a document to evade such a request; or otherwise to intentionally obstruct the Treasury’s exercise of its information powers.
A person who has been the subject of a regulation 40 information request must comply with it without reasonable excuse, must not knowingly or recklessly give false information or a false document in response, and must not destroy, mutilate, deface, conceal or remove a document, or otherwise intentionally obstruct the Treasury, to evade the request.
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A person commits an offence, if that person— a without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails within the time and in the manner specified
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42 1 A person commits an offence, if that person— a without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails within the time and in the manner specified (or, if no time has been specified, within a reasonable time) to comply with any request under regulation 40 (finance: powers to request information); b knowingly or recklessly gives any information, or produces any document, which is false in a material particular in response to such a request; c with intent to evade any provision of regulation 40 (finance: powers to request information) or 41 (finance: production of documents), destroys, mutilates, defaces, conceals or removes any document; d otherwise intentionally obstructs the Treasury in the exercise of their powers under regulation 40 (finance: powers to request information) or 41 (finance: production of documents). 2 Where a person is convicted of an offence under this regulation, the court may make an order requiring that person, within such period as may be specified in the order, to comply with the request.
A person who does any act authorised by a general trade licence must keep a register recording details of each act (description, goods/technology/services/funds involved, dates, quantities, the parties and end-user), retain it for 4 years after the calendar year it was created, and notify the Secretary of State in writing of their name and the register’s inspection address.
A person who does any act authorised by a general trade licence must keep a register or record of the act with the specified details, retain it for the required period, and notify the Secretary of State in writing of their name and the address where the register or record may be inspected.
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P must keep a register or record containing such details as may be necessary to allow the following information to be identified in relation to each act done under the authority of the licence
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44 1 This regulation applies in relation to a person (“P”) who does any act authorised by a general licence issued under regulation 33 (trade licences) (“ the licence ”). 2 P must keep a register or record containing such details as may be necessary to allow the following information to be identified in relation to each act done under the authority of the licence— a a description of the act; b a description of any goods, technology, services or funds to which the act relates; c the date of the act or the dates between which the act took place; d the quantity of any goods or funds to which the act relates; e P's name and address; f the name and address of any consignee of goods to which the act relates or any recipient of technology, services or funds to which the act relates; g in so far as it is known to P, the name and address of the end-user of the goods, technology, services or funds to which the act relates; h if different from P, the name and address of the supplier of any goods to which the act relates; i any further information required by the licence. 3 The register or record relating to an act must be kept until the end of the calendar year in which the register or record is created and for a further period of 4 years from the end of that calendar year. 4 P must notify the Secretary of State in writing of P's name and the address at which the register or record may be inspected, and must make a further such notification if those details change. 5 A notification under paragraph (4) must be given no later than 30 days after— a P first does any act authorised by the licence, or b there is any change to the details previously notified. 6 A person who fails to comply with a requirement in paragraph (2), (3) or (4) commits an offence.
A person must produce their regulation 44 register, record or any document in it when reasonably required to do so by an official authorised by the Secretary of State or the Commissioners, and must not intentionally obstruct that official’s inspection, copying or entry powers.
A person must not intentionally obstruct an authorised official in the performance of their inspection functions under regulation 45, and must produce a register, record or document kept under regulation 44 when reasonably required to do so by such an official.
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A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person— a intentionally obstructs an official in the performance of any of the official's functions under this regulation, or b fails to produce a register, record or document
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45 1 A person authorised by the Secretary of State or the Commissioners (an “official”) may at any reasonable hour enter premises notified under regulation 44(4) for the purposes of monitoring compliance with or detecting evasion of regulation 44(2) or (3). 2 An official may require any person on the premises to produce any register or record required to be kept under regulation 44, or any document included in such a register or record, that is in the person's possession or control. 3 An official may inspect and copy any such register, record or document. 4 An official must, if requested to do so, produce documentary evidence that he or she is authorised to exercise a power conferred by this regulation. 5 A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person— a intentionally obstructs an official in the performance of any of the official's functions under this regulation, or b fails to produce a register, record or document when reasonably required to do so by an official under this regulation.
A relevant commercial organisation (a UK-incorporated body or UK-formed partnership carrying on business anywhere, or any other body or partnership carrying on business, or part of a business, in the UK) commits an offence if a person associated with it bribes another person intending to obtain or retain business, or a business advantage, for it. Its only defence is to prove it had adequate procedures in place designed to prevent associated persons from bribing. The penalty is a fine on conviction on indictment (section 11(3)).
To have the section 7(2) defence if a person associated with it bribes someone to obtain or retain business, or a business advantage, for it, a relevant commercial organisation needs adequate procedures in place designed to prevent associated persons from bribing. The Act creates no freestanding duty to have the procedures; without them the organisation has no defence to the offence, and it bears the burden of proving the procedures were adequate.
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But it is a defence for C to prove that C had in place adequate procedures designed to prevent persons associated with C from undertaking such conduct
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7 1 A relevant commercial organisation (“C”) is guilty of an offence under this section if a person (“A”) associated with C bribes another person intending— a to obtain or retain business for C, or b to obtain or retain an advantage in the conduct of business for C. 2 But it is a defence for C to prove that C had in place adequate procedures designed to prevent persons associated with C from undertaking such conduct. 3 For the purposes of this section, A bribes another person if, and only if, A— a is, or would be, guilty of an offence under section 1 or 6 (whether or not A has been prosecuted for such an offence), or b would be guilty of such an offence if section 12(2)(c) and (4) were omitted. 4 See section 8 for the meaning of a person associated with C and see section 9 for a duty on the Secretary of State to publish guidance. 5 In this section— “ partnership ” means— a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890, or a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, or a firm or entity of a similar character formed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, “ relevant commercial organisation ” means— a body which is incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and which carries on a business (whether there or elsewhere), any other body corporate (wherever incorporated) which carries on a business, or part of a business, in any part of the United Kingdom, a partnership which is formed under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and which carries on a business (whether there or elsewhere), or any other partnership (wherever formed) which carries on a business, or part of a business, in any part of the United Kingdom, and, for the purposes of this section, a trade or profession is a business.
The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
HM Treasury / Secretary of State / OFCOM
Text as at 1 October 2026
264 provisions accounted for · 264 independently reviewed
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Bribery Act 2010, sections 7 to 9 (failure of commercial organisations to prevent bribery)
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
3 provisions accounted for · 3 independently reviewed
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Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, Schedule 7 - terrorist financing, money laundering and proliferation (Treasury directions)
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
54 provisions accounted for · 54 independently reviewed
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Criminal Finances Act 2017, Part 3 (ss.44-52) - corporate offences of failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
9 provisions accounted for · 9 independently reviewed
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The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
87 provisions accounted for · 87 independently reviewed
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
253 provisions accounted for · 253 independently reviewed
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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, sections 188 to 193 (information sharing to prevent economic crime: civil liability protections) and sections 199 to 206 (failure to prevent fraud)
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
14 provisions accounted for · 14 independently reviewed
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The Electronic Money Regulations 2011
HM Treasury
Text as at 1 October 2026
183 provisions accounted for · 183 independently reviewed
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FCA Approach Document 'Payment Services and Electronic Money - Our Approach', Chapter 19 (Financial crime)
Financial Conduct Authority
May 2026 (version 8)
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FCA Handbook: Senior Management Arrangements, Systems and Controls (SYSC) - compliance function and financial crime systems and controls (SYSC 3.2.6, 6.1, 6.3)
Financial Conduct Authority
Text as at 1 October 2026
46 provisions accounted for · 46 independently reviewed
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FCA Financial Crime Guide (FCG): Chapter 1 (Introduction), Chapter 2 (Governance), Chapter 3 (Money laundering and terrorist financing)
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69 provisions accounted for · 69 independently reviewed
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FCA Financial Crime Guide (FCG), chapters 4-8 and Annex 1 (fraud, data security, bribery and corruption, sanctions and proliferation financing, insider dealing and market manipulation; common terms)
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74 provisions accounted for · 74 independently reviewed
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The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/102)
HM Treasury
Text as at 1 October 2026
85 provisions accounted for · 85 independently reviewed
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Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006, as it forms part of UK domestic law
HM Treasury
Text as at 30 June 2026
27 provisions accounted for · 27 independently reviewed
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The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
122 provisions accounted for · 122 independently reviewed
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The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023
HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
168 provisions accounted for · 168 independently reviewed
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The ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
83 provisions accounted for · 83 independently reviewed
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JMLSG Guidance Part I: Prevention of money laundering / combating terrorist financing, Chapter 1 (Senior management responsibility)
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2023 revised version, updated August 2025
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JMLSG Guidance Part I: Prevention of money laundering / combating terrorist financing, Chapter 2 (Internal controls)
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2023 revised version, updated August 2025
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2023 revised version, updated August 2025
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JMLSG Guidance Part I: Prevention of money laundering / combating terrorist financing, Chapter 4 (Risk-based approach)
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JMLSG Guidance Part I: Prevention of money laundering / combating terrorist financing, Chapter 5 (Customer due diligence), part a
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2023 revised version, updated August 2025
119 provisions accounted for · 119 independently reviewed
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The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017
HM Treasury
Text as at 30 June 2026
311 provisions accounted for · 311 independently reviewed
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The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026
HM Treasury
Text as at 21 July 2026
39 provisions accounted for · 39 independently reviewed
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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Part 7 (Money Laundering), sections 327 to 340, with Schedule 9 (Regulated Sector and Supervisory Authorities)
UK Parliament / Home Office
Text as at 30 June 2026
41 provisions accounted for · 41 independently reviewed
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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Part 8 (Investigations), Chapters 1, 2 and 4 - England and Wales and Northern Ireland: production, disclosure, customer information and account monitoring orders, search and seizure warrants, and unexplained wealth orders (ss.341-379, 412A-416)
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
76 provisions accounted for · 76 independently reviewed
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The Payment Services Regulations 2017
HM Treasury
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262 provisions accounted for · 262 independently reviewed
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The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
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Text as at 1 October 2026
622 provisions accounted for · 622 independently reviewed
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Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018
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Text as at 1 October 2026
140 provisions accounted for · 140 independently reviewed
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Terrorism Act 2000, Part III (Terrorist Property), sections 14 to 31 (including 17A, 21ZA to 21ZC and 21A to 21H)
UK Parliament / Home Office
Text as at 30 June 2026
44 provisions accounted for · 44 independently reviewed
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Terrorism Act 2000, Schedules 6 and 6A - financial information orders and account monitoring orders
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
16 provisions accounted for · 16 independently reviewed
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The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
HM Treasury / Secretary of State / OFCOM
Text as at 1 October 2026
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Bribery Act 2010, sections 7 to 9 (failure of commercial organisations to prevent bribery)
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
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Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, Schedule 7 - terrorist financing, money laundering and proliferation (Treasury directions)
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
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Criminal Finances Act 2017, Part 3 (ss.44-52) - corporate offences of failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
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The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, sections 188 to 193 (information sharing to prevent economic crime: civil liability protections) and sections 199 to 206 (failure to prevent fraud)
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
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The Electronic Money Regulations 2011
HM Treasury
Text as at 1 October 2026
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FCA Approach Document 'Payment Services and Electronic Money - Our Approach', Chapter 19 (Financial crime)
Financial Conduct Authority
May 2026 (version 8)
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FCA Handbook: Senior Management Arrangements, Systems and Controls (SYSC) - compliance function and financial crime systems and controls (SYSC 3.2.6, 6.1, 6.3)
Financial Conduct Authority
Text as at 1 October 2026
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FCA Financial Crime Guide (FCG): Chapter 1 (Introduction), Chapter 2 (Governance), Chapter 3 (Money laundering and terrorist financing)
Financial Conduct Authority
Text as at 1 October 2026
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FCA Financial Crime Guide (FCG), chapters 4-8 and Annex 1 (fraud, data security, bribery and corruption, sanctions and proliferation financing, insider dealing and market manipulation; common terms)
Financial Conduct Authority
Text as at 1 October 2026
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The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/102)
HM Treasury
Text as at 1 October 2026
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Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006, as it forms part of UK domestic law
HM Treasury
Text as at 30 June 2026
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The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
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The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023
HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
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The ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
SourceCrown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
JMLSG Guidance Part I: Prevention of money laundering / combating terrorist financing, Chapter 1 (Senior management responsibility)
Joint Money Laundering Steering Group
2023 revised version, updated August 2025
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JMLSG Guidance Part I: Prevention of money laundering / combating terrorist financing, Chapter 2 (Internal controls)
Joint Money Laundering Steering Group
2023 revised version, updated August 2025
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JMLSG Guidance Part I: Prevention of money laundering / combating terrorist financing, Chapter 3 (Nominated officer/MLRO)
Joint Money Laundering Steering Group
2023 revised version, updated August 2025
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JMLSG Guidance Part I: Prevention of money laundering / combating terrorist financing, Chapter 4 (Risk-based approach)
Joint Money Laundering Steering Group
2023 revised version, updated August 2025
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JMLSG Guidance Part I: Prevention of money laundering / combating terrorist financing, Chapter 5 (Customer due diligence), part a
Joint Money Laundering Steering Group
2023 revised version, updated August 2025
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The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017
HM Treasury
Text as at 30 June 2026
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The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026
HM Treasury
Text as at 21 July 2026
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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Part 7 (Money Laundering), sections 327 to 340, with Schedule 9 (Regulated Sector and Supervisory Authorities)
UK Parliament / Home Office
Text as at 30 June 2026
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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Part 8 (Investigations), Chapters 1, 2 and 4 - England and Wales and Northern Ireland: production, disclosure, customer information and account monitoring orders, search and seizure warrants, and unexplained wealth orders (ss.341-379, 412A-416)
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
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The Payment Services Regulations 2017
HM Treasury
Text as at 1 October 2026
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The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
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Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018
UK Parliament / HM Treasury / Secretary of State
Text as at 1 October 2026
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Terrorism Act 2000, Part III (Terrorist Property), sections 14 to 31 (including 17A, 21ZA to 21ZC and 21A to 21H)
UK Parliament / Home Office
Text as at 30 June 2026
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Terrorism Act 2000, Schedules 6 and 6A - financial information orders and account monitoring orders
UK Parliament
Text as at 1 October 2026
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