The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017

[F1 Provision of information in response to external requests U.K.

5.   Where an external request is received and the NCA does not possess information which the NCA considers relevant to the external request, and it suspects a relevant person possesses such information, the NCA—

(a) may exercise its powers under Parts 7 M1 and 8 M2 (investigations) of the 2002 Act, any orders made under section 445 M3 (external investigations) of that Act, or Part 3 of the 2000 Act M4 , as applicable, to seek an order for information from such person, and

(b) must (subject to paragraph 10) provide any relevant information received in consequence of any such order promptly to the foreign FIU concerned.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6A inserted (10.1.2020) by The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1511), regs. 1(2), 13

Marginal Citations

M1 Sections 339ZH-339ZK (further information orders) were inserted into Part 7 by section 12 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22) (“the 2017 Act”). Other amendments have been made to Part 7 but none are relevant.

M2 Sections 362A-362I (unexplained wealth orders: England and Wales and Northern Ireland) and 396A-396I (unexplained wealth orders: Scotland) were inserted into Part 8 by sections 1 and 4 of the 2017 Act. Sections 357, 358 and 362 (disclosure orders: England and Wales and Northern Ireland) and sections 391, 392 and 396 (disclosure orders: Scotland) were amended by sections 7 and 8 of the 2017 Act. Other amendments have been made to Part 8 but none are relevant.

M3 Section 445 was amended by section 24(3) of the 2017 Act.

M4 Part 3 was amended by Schedule 2 (disclosure orders) to the 2017 Act. Sections 22B-22E (further information orders) were inserted into Part 3 by section 37 of the 2017 Act. Other amendments have been made to Part 3 but none are relevant.