ML 5.1 Government and Financial Action Task Force findings

1. (1)

   A relevant firm must take reasonable steps whenever this rule applies to ensure that it:

   1. (a)

      obtains; and

   2. (b)

      makes proper use of;

   any government or Financial Action Task Force findings of the kind referred to in ML 5.1.3 R.

2. (2)

   "Proper use" in (1) includes:

   1. (a)

      applying the information in the circumstances envisaged by ML 3.2.2 R (3)(b) (introduction of client for one-off transaction) or ML 3.2.5 (2) (introduction by client of a person on whose behalf he is acting);

   2. (b)

      applying the information whenever first obtained to know your business information;

   3. (c)

      Disseminating the information in the course of dealing with awareness and training under ML 6.

The findings in ML 5.1.2 R (1) are any published notices:

1. (1)

   which are issued:

   1. (a)

      by the government of the United Kingdom, or any government department in the United Kingdom; or

   2. (b)

      by the Financial Action Task Force; and

2. (2)

   which contain a finding or other conclusion on the part of the government or a government department or the Financial Action Task Force:

   1. (a)

      that it has examined the arrangements for restraining money laundering in a particular State or jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom; and

   2. (b)

      that it has found those arrangements to be materially deficient in comparison with one or more of the relevant, internationally accepted, standards, including any recommendations published by the Financial Action Task Force, required of or recommended to States and jurisdictions.