[F1InterpretationU.K.
1. In this Schedule
“external request” means a request to the NCA for information by a foreign FIU which may be relevant for the purpose of the foreign FIU’s performance of FIU functions;
“FIU functions” means the functions of a financial intelligence unit as set out in the fourth money laundering directive;
“foreign competent authority” means an authority in an EEA state other than the United Kingdom which has equivalent functions to those of a United Kingdom competent authority to which a foreign FIU may provide information in connection with its performance of FIU functions;
“foreign FIU” means an authority in an EEA state other than the United Kingdom which performs FIU functions in that state;
“relevant information” means information the NCA possesses in connection with its performance of FIU functions which it considers relevant to an external request;
“the 2000 Act” means the Terrorism Act 2000 M1;
“the 2002 Act” means the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 M2;
“United Kingdom competent authority” means any authority other than the NCA concerned in the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences contained in Part 7 (money laundering) of the 2002 Act or Part 3 (terrorist property) of the 2000 Act, and any supervisory authority, to which the NCA disseminates information in its performance of FIU functions.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6A inserted (10.1.2020) by The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1511), regs. 1(2), 13
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