The Money Laundering (Amendment) Regulations 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/3299
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Money Laundering (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 15th December 2007.

Section 2 Amendments to the Money Laundering Regulations 2007

The Money Laundering Regulations 2007 are amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 10(1)(b)(ii), after “2,000” insert “euro”;

(b) in regulation 37(11), after “communications” insert—

—

(i) between a professional legal adviser and his client; or

(ii) made in connection with or in contemplation of legal proceedings and for the purposes of those proceedings

(c) in regulation 39—

(i) in paragraph (7), after “information” insert “on oath”; and

(ii) in paragraph (9), for “(1) and (5)” substitute “(1), (5) and (7)”;

(d) in regulation 40(4)(b), after “sheriff” insert “court”;

(e) in regulation 42(4), for “alleged offender” substitute “person”;

(f) in regulation 46, after paragraph (8) insert—

(9) In its application to the Commissioners acting in Scotland, paragraph (7)(b) shall be read as referring to the Commissioners determining whether to refer the matter to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service with a view to the Procurator Fiscal determining whether a person should be prosecuted for such an offence.

(g) after paragraph 21 of Schedule 3 insert—

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