SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Money laundering and terrorist financing etc

Criminal offences: restrictions and relationship with civil penalties

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Regulations under section 49 may provide for the creation of a criminal offence only if the regulations also provide for either or both of the following in relation to the offence—

a

a mental element necessary for its commission;

b

a defence to it (for example, a defence grounded on a person's knowledge or belief, or a defence that a person took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence).