Reporting obligations: trade sanctionsU.K.
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15.—(1) A relevant person (“RP”) must inform the Secretary of State as soon as practicable if—
(a)RP knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that a person (“P”) has breached a prohibition or failed to comply with an obligation under trade sanctions regulations, and
(b)the information or other matter on which the knowledge or cause for suspicion is based came to RP in the course of carrying on their business.
(2) Where RP informs the Secretary of State under paragraph (1), RP must state—
(a)the information or other matter on which the knowledge or suspicion is based, and
(b)any information it holds about P by which P can be identified.
(3) An RP who fails to comply with a requirement in this regulation commits an offence.
(4) In this regulation—
“cryptoasset” means a cryptographically secured digital representation of value or contractual rights that uses a form of distributed ledger technology and can be transferred, stored or traded electronically;
“firm” means any entity that, whether or not a legal person, is not an individual, and includes a body corporate and a partnership or other unincorporated body;
“money” means—
(b)
money in any other currency, or
(c)
money in any other medium of exchange,
but does not include a cryptoasset;
“relevant person” means—
(a)
a person that has permission under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000() to carry on one or more regulated activities (permission to carry on a regulated activity);
(b)
an undertaking that by way of business—
(i)
operates a currency exchange office;
(ii)
transmits money (or any representation of monetary value) by any means; or
(iii)
cashes cheques that are made payable to customers;
(c)
a firm or sole practitioner that provides legal or notarial services to other persons, by way of business,
and paragraphs (a) and (b) are to be read with section 22 (regulated activities) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(), any relevant order under that section and Schedule 2 (regulated activities) to that Act().
(5) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), information or another matter comes to RP “in the course of carrying on their business” if the information or other matter comes to RP—
(a)in the case of a person within paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant person” in paragraph (4), in the course of carrying on the regulated activity to which the permission mentioned in paragraph (a) of that definition relates;
(b)in the case of an undertaking within paragraph (b) of the definition of “relevant person” in paragraph (4), in the course of carrying on an activity mentioned in paragraph (b) of that definition;
(c)in the case of a firm or sole practitioner within paragraph (c) of the definition of “relevant person” in paragraph (4), in the course of providing the services mentioned in paragraph (c) of that definition.