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ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2006 - SECT 10

Designated remittance arrangements etc.

  (1)   A reference in this Act to a designated remittance arrangement is a reference to a remittance arrangement, where:

  (a)   at least one of the persons described in the following subparagraphs is a non - financier:

  (i)   a person who accepts an instruction from the transferor entity for the transfer of money or property under the remittance arrangement;

  (ii)   a person who makes money or property available, or arranges for it to be made available, to an ultimate transferee entity as a result of a transfer under the remittance arrangement; and

  (c)   the remittance arrangement satisfies such other conditions (if any) as are specified in the AML/CTF Rules.

Remittance arrangement

  (2)   A reference in this Act to a remittance arrangement is a reference to an arrangement that is for the transfer of money or property, and includes a reference to an arrangement that, under the regulations, is taken to be a remittance arrangement for the purposes of this Act.

Note:   Transfer has an extended meaning--see section   5.

Transferor entity and ultimate transferee entity

  (3)   For the purposes of the application of this Act to a remittance arrangement:

  (a)   the transferor entity is the person from whom an instruction is accepted for the transfer of money or property under the arrangement; and

  (b)   the ultimate transferee entity is the person to whom money or property is ultimately transferred under the arrangement.

Note:   Transfer has an extended meaning--see section   5.


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