Section 113C: Registration of Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Deputy Money
This section is inserted by The Anti-money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024, section 10.
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113C. Registration of Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Deputy Money
Laundering Reporting Officer and Compliance Officer
(1) (a) Every licensee referred to in item 7 of Part I of the First Schedule to
the Financial Intelligence and Anti-Money Laundering Act shall, with the approval
of the Authority and on such terms and conditions as it may determine, appoint a
Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer
or Compliance Officer.
(b) Where the Authority objects to a proposed appointment under
paragraph (a), it shall give the licensee an opportunity to make representations
within such reasonable time as the Authority may determine.
(c)The Authority may, after having considered the representations
under paragraph (b), withdraw its objection to the proposed appointment.
(2) Every licensee falling under item 7 of Part I of the First Schedule to the
Financial Intelligence and Anti-Money Laundering Act shall notify the Authority
within 7 days of any removal or resignation of its Money Laundering Reporting
Officer, Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer or Compliance Officer and
shall provide particulars of such removal or resignation as the Authority may
require.
(3) Any person acting as Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Deputy
Money Laundering Reporting Officer and Compliance Officer shall be a natural
person.
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Questions this section answers
- Does a gambling licensee need the Authority's approval to appoint a Money Laundering Reporting Officer?
- How soon must a licensee tell the Authority if its Money Laundering Reporting Officer resigns or is removed?
- Must a Money Laundering Reporting Officer be an individual rather than a company?
- Can a licensee still appoint its proposed reporting officer if the Authority objects to the appointment?