Duties of the Authority and the Commissioners to co-operateU.K.
Duty to co-operate and exchange informationU.K.
71.—(1) The Authority and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (“the Commissioners”) must take such steps as they consider appropriate to co-operate with each other and—
(a)the competent authorities, designated under Article 3 of the electronic money directive, or referred to in Article 13 of that directive, of EEA states other than the United Kingdom;
(b)the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the national central banks of EEA states other than the United Kingdom; ...
(c)any other relevant competent authorities designated under European Union law or the law of the United Kingdom or any other EEA state which is applicable to electronic money issuers[; and
(d)the European Banking Authority,]
for the purposes of the exercise by those bodies of their functions under the electronic money directive and other relevant European Union or national legislation.
(2) Subject to the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 , sections 348 and 349 of the 2000 Act (as applied with modifications by paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations), [regulation 105 of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 ] and any other applicable restrictions on the disclosure of information, the Authority and the Commissioners may provide information to each other and—
(a)the bodies mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)[, (c) and (d)];
(b)the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the national central banks of EEA states other than the United Kingdom when acting in their capacity as monetary and oversight authorities;
(c)where relevant, other public authorities responsible for the oversight of payment and settlement systems,
for the purposes of the exercise by those bodies of their functions under the electronic money directive and other relevant European Union or national legislation.
[(3) If the European Banking Authority is assisting the Authority, or a competent authority in another EEA State, in relation to a disagreement between those authorities pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24th November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC, the Authority must defer any decision in relation to the subject of the disagreement until the disagreement is resolved under that Article.]
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