
Money Laundering
(Jersey) Order 2008
part 1
introductory provisions
1 Interpretation
(1) In this Order, unless
the context otherwise requires –
“branch” in respect of a relevant person, means a branch
that is under the control of that relevant person;
“business relationship” means a business, professional
or commercial relationship between a relevant person and a customer, which is
expected by the relevant person, at the time when contact is established, to
have an element of duration;
“compliance officer” means –
(a) an
individual appointed under paragraph (1) or (4) of Article 7; or
(b) an
individual described in Article 7(2);
“customer” means a person;
“customer due diligence measures” means the measures
described in Article 3(1);
“designated customs officer” means an officer of the
Impôts who is designated under Article 6(2) or, if no one is for the
time being designated, the Agent of the Impôts;
“designated person” means an individual who is
designated under Article 9;
“designated police officer” means a police officer who
is designated under Article 6(1) or, if no one is for the time being
designated, the Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police Force;
“designated supervisory body” means a supervisory body
designated under Article 6 of the Proceeds of Crime (Supervisory Bodies)
Law;
“enhanced customer due diligence measures” has the
meaning in Article 15(2);
“equivalent business” has the meaning in Article 5;
“FATF” means the international body known as the Financial
Action Task Force;
“FATF recommendations” means the Forty Recommendations
(incorporating the amendments of 22nd October 2004) of the FATF;
“Financial Intelligence Unit” has the meaning given by
the Proceeds of Crime (Financial
Intelligence) (Jersey) Regulations 2015;
“identification measures” means those measures described
in Article 3(2);
“insurance business” means any long term-business,
within the meaning given to that term in Article 1(1) of the Insurance Business (Jersey) Law 1996 but does not
include –
(a) any insurance business described in Article 5(5)(a) of that Law;
or
(b) any
insurance business described in Article 1 of the Insurance
Business (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 1996;
“IOSCO-compliant market” means a market which, in line
with standards set by the international body known as the International
Organisation of Securities Commissions, requires that –
(a) for
traded securities there must be full, accurate and timely disclosure of financial
results, risk and other information which is material to investors’
decisions; and
(b) holders
of traded securities should be treated in a fair and equitable manner;
“Jersey body corporate” means a body that is
incorporated in Jersey;
“Jersey limited liability partnership” means a limited
liability partnership that is registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships (Jersey) Law 2017;
“Law” means the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999;
“obliged person” has the meaning in Article 16(1);
“one-off transaction” has the meaning in Article 4;
“on-going monitoring” has the meaning in Article 3(3);
“overseas regulatory authority”, in respect of a country
or territory outside Jersey, means an authority discharging in that country or
territory a function that is the same or similar to a function of the
Commission in respect of the prevention and detection of money laundering;
“Proceeds of Crime (Supervisory Bodies) Law” means the Proceeds of Crime (Supervisory Bodies) (Jersey)
Law 2008;
“public authority” means a person holding a public
office in Jersey;
“public notice” means a notice published in the Jersey
Gazette, or a notice whose contents are brought to the attention of the public
by the taking of other reasonable steps for that purpose;
“regulated business” means a financial services business
in respect of which a person –
(a) is
registered under the Banking Business (Jersey) Law 1991;
(b) holds
a permit or is a certificate holder under the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey)
Law 1988;
(c) is
registered under the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998; or
(d) is
authorized by a permit under the Insurance Business (Jersey) Law 1996;
“regulated person” means a person carrying on a
regulated business;
“relevant person” means –
(a) a
person carrying on a financial services business in or from within Jersey; or
(b) either –
(i) a Jersey body
corporate, or
(ii) other
legal person registered in Jersey,
carrying on a financial services business in any part of the world
but for the purposes of this definition “financial services
business” does not include the business of acting, otherwise than by way
of business, as trustee of an express trust;
“reporting officer” means an individual who is appointed
under Article 8(1) or (3);
“secondary recipient” means any person to whom
information has been passed by the Commission or a designated supervisory body;
“sole trader” means an individual carrying on a
financial services business, who does not in the course of doing
so –
(a) employ
any other person; or
(b) act
in association with any other person;
“source of the funds” means the source of the funds that
are used or to be used in a business relationship or a one-off transaction;
“subsidiary” means, in relation to a relevant person, a
legal person that is majority owned or controlled by the relevant person;
“Terrorism Law” means the Terrorism (Jersey) Law 2002;
“third party” includes a person, trust or any other
legal arrangement.[1]
(2) In
this Order –
(a) a
reference to a document, information or record, or to anything else in writing,
includes a reference to a document, information, record or writing in
electronic form; and
(b) a
reference to any amount that is expressed in sterling or euros includes a
reference to an equivalent amount in any other currency.
(3) In this Order a person
is regarded as being resident in a country if –
(a) in
the case of an individual, he or she has provided an address in that country;
or
(b) in
the case of a legal person, the person is registered, incorporated or otherwise
established under the law of that country.[2]
(4) In this Order a
reference to a country not being compliant with FATF recommendations is a
reference to a country in respect of which FATF has made a public statement
identifying the country as one with deficiencies in its anti-money laundering
strategy or its strategy for countering the financing of terrorism.[3]
2 Beneficial
ownership and control
(1) For the purposes of
this Order, each of the following individuals is a beneficial owner or
controller of a person (“other person”) where that other person is
not an individual –
(a) an
individual who is an ultimate beneficial owner of that other person (whether or
not the individual is its only ultimate beneficial owner); and
(b) an
individual who ultimately controls or otherwise exercises control over the
management of that other person (whether the individual does so alone or with
any other person or persons).
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)
it is immaterial whether an individual’s ultimate ownership or control is
direct or indirect.
(3) No individual is to be
treated by reason of this Article as a beneficial owner of a person that is a
body corporate the securities of which are listed on a regulated market.[4]
(4) In determining whether
an individual is a beneficial owner or controller of another person, regard
must be had to all the circumstances of the case, in particular the size of an
individual’s beneficial ownership or degree of control having regard to
the risk of that individual or that other person being involved in money
laundering.
(5) For the purposes of
this Article, “regulated market” has the same meaning as in the Money
Laundering Regulations 2007 S.I. 2007/2157 of the United Kingdom.
3 Meaning
of “customer due diligence measures”[5]
(1) “Customer due diligence
measures” means, in respect of the customers of a relevant person’s
financial services business, identification measures and on-going monitoring.[6]
(2) Identification measures
are measures for –
(a) identifying
the customer;
(b) determining
whether the customer is acting for a third party, whether directly or
indirectly, and, if so –
(i) identifying that
third party,
(ii) where
the third party is a person other than an individual, understanding the
ownership and control of that third party and identifying each individual who
is that third party’s beneficial owner or controller,
(iii) where
the third party is not a person –
(A) understanding
the nature of the legal arrangement under which the third party is constituted
(for example, in the case of a trust, the type of trust),
(B) identifying
each person who falls within paragraph (7), and
(C) in
respect of each person falling within paragraph (7) who is not an
individual, understanding the ownership and control of that person and
identifying each individual who is that person’s beneficial owner or
controller;
(c) in
respect of a customer that is not an individual –
(i) identifying any
person purporting to act on behalf of the customer and verifying the authority
of any person purporting so to act,
(ii) understanding
the ownership and control structure of that customer and the provisions under
which the customer can enter into contracts, or other similar legally binding
arrangements, with third parties, and
(iii) identifying
the individuals who are the customer’s beneficial owners or controllers;
(d) obtaining
information on the purpose and intended nature of the business relationship or
one-off transaction.[7]
(3) On-going monitoring
means –
(a) scrutinizing
transactions undertaken throughout the course of a business relationship to
ensure that the transactions being conducted are consistent with the relevant
person’s knowledge of the customer, including the customer’s
business and risk profile (such scrutiny to include, where necessary, the
source of the funds); and
(b) ensuring
that documents, data or information obtained under identification measures are
kept up to date and relevant by undertaking reviews of existing records,
including but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, reviews
where any inconsistency has been discovered as a result of the scrutiny
described in sub-paragraph (a).[8]
(4) For the purposes of
paragraph (2), identification of a person means –
(a) finding
out the identity of that person, including that person’s name and legal
status; and
(b) obtaining
evidence, on the basis of documents, data or information from a reliable and
independent source, that is reasonably capable of verifying that the person to
be identified is who the person is said to be and satisfies the person
responsible for the identification of a person that the evidence does establish
that fact.[9]
(5) For the purposes of
paragraph (2), the measures must include the assessment by the relevant
person of the risk that any business relationship or one-off transaction will
involve money laundering, including obtaining appropriate information for
assessing that risk.[10]
(6) For the purposes of
paragraph (2)(b) and (c), measures for obtaining evidence must involve
reasonable measures having regard to all the circumstances of the case,
including the degree of risk assessed.[11]
(7) For the purposes of
paragraph (2)(b)(iii), a person falls within this paragraph
if –
(a) that
person is, in relation to a trust that is the third party, a settlor or
protector;
(b) that
person, having regard to the risk of that person being involved in money
laundering –
(i) has a beneficial
interest in the third party,
(ii) is
the object of a trust power in relation to a trust that is the third party; or
(c) that
person is an individual who otherwise exercises ultimate effective control over
the third party.[12]
4 Meaning
of “one-off transaction”
(1) For the purposes of
this Order, a “one-off transaction” means –
(a) a
transaction (other than in respect of a money service business or a virtual currency
exchange business, or operating a casino) amounting to not less than 15,000
euros;
(b) 2 or
more transactions (other than in respect of a money service business or a
virtual currency exchange business, or operating a casino) –
(i) where it appears
at the outset to any person handling any of the transactions that the
transactions are linked and that the total amount of those transactions is not
less than 15,000 euros, or
(ii) where
at any later stage it comes to the attention of any person handling any of
those transactions that clause (i) is satisfied;
(c) a
transaction amounting to not less than 1,000 euros and carried out in the
course of a money service business or of a virtual currency exchange business;
(d) 2 or
more transactions carried out in the course of a money service business or of a
virtual currency exchange business –
(i) where it appears
at the outset to any person handling any of the transactions that those
transactions are linked and that the total amount of those transactions is not
less than 1,000 euros, or
(ii) where
at any later stage it comes to the attention of any person handling any of
those transactions that clause (i) is satisfied;
(e) a
transaction amounting to not less than 3,000 euros carried out in the
course of operating a casino; or
(f) 2
or more transactions carried out in the course of operating a
casino –
(i) where it appears
at the outset to any person handling any of the transactions that those
transactions are linked and that the total amount of those transactions is not
less than 3,000 euros, or
(ii) where
at any later stage it comes to the attention of any person handling any of
those transactions that clause (i) is satisfied.[13]
(2) In this
Article –
(a) “transaction”
means a transaction other than one carried out during a business relationship;
and
(b) “money
service business” has the same meaning as in Article 1(1) of the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998;
(c) “virtual
currency exchange business” means the business of providing to third
parties the service of virtual currency exchange, as further defined in
paragraph 9 of Part 2 of Schedule B to the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999.[14]
5 Equivalent
business
For the purposes of this Order, business (“other
business”) is equivalent business in relation to any category of
financial services business carried on in Jersey if –
(a) the other business is
carried on in a country or territory other than Jersey;
(b) if carried on in
Jersey, it would be financial services business of that category (whether or
not it is called by the same name in Jersey);
(c) in that other country
or territory, the business may only be carried on by a person registered or
otherwise authorized for that purpose under the law of that country or
territory;
(d) the conduct of the
business is subject to requirements to forestall and prevent money laundering
that are consistent with those in the FATF recommendations in respect of that
business; and
(e) the conduct of the
business is supervised, for compliance with the requirements to which paragraph (d)
refers, by an overseas regulatory authority.
6 Designated
police and customs officers
(1) The Chief Officer of
the States of Jersey Police Force may by public notice designate one or more
police officers (whether by reference to the name of the officer or officers or
post), being members of that Force, for the purposes of this Order.
(2) The Agent of the
Impôts may by public notice designate one or more officers of the
Impôts for the purposes of this Order.
7 Compliance
officer
(1) A relevant person
(other than a sole trader) must appoint an individual as the compliance officer
in respect of the financial services business being carried on by the relevant
person.
(2) A sole trader is the
compliance officer in respect of his or her financial services business.
(2A) A relevant person must ensure
that –
(a) the
individual appointed as compliance officer under this Article is of an
appropriate level of seniority; and
(b) such
compliance officer has timely access to all records that are necessary or
expedient for the purpose of performing his or her functions as a compliance
officer, including, in particular, the records that a relevant person must keep
under Article 19.[15]
(3) The compliance officer’s
function is to monitor whether the enactments in Jersey relating to money
laundering and any relevant Code of Practice issued under Article 22 of
the Proceeds of Crime (Supervisory Bodies) Law are being complied with in the
conduct of the relevant person’s financial services business.[16]
(4) When a named individual
has ceased to be the compliance officer, the relevant person must appoint
another individual forthwith as compliance officer in respect of the financial
services business being carried on by the relevant person.
(5) In the case of an
individual appointed under paragraph (1) or (4), the compliance officer is
responsible to the relevant person.
(6) Subject to paragraph (9),
a relevant person must give the Commission written notice within one month
after the date –
(a) an
appointment under paragraph (1) or (4) takes effect; or
(b) an
individual ceases to be the compliance officer.
(7) The notice is to
specify the name of that compliance officer and the date on which his or her
appointment takes effect or he or she ceases to be the compliance officer.
(8) A compliance officer
may also be appointed as a reporting officer.
(9) Paragraphs (10)
and (11) apply where a relevant person is a regulated person and the Commission
has been notified in respect of that relevant person’s regulated business
pursuant to another enactment of the name of a person who has acquired, is to
acquire, or ceased to have, the function described in paragraph (3)
(“notified person”).
(10) The notified person shall be
deemed to have been appointed under this Article and the relevant person will
be deemed to have complied with paragraph (6).[17]
(11) Where the Commission has
objected to the notified person under that other enactment mentioned in
paragraph (9) –
(a) the
notified person shall be deemed to have ceased being the compliance officer
under this Article from the date that the objection took effect under that
other enactment (whether or not his or her appointment as compliance officer
took effect); and
(b) the
relevant person shall be deemed to have complied with paragraph (6) in the
case described in sub-paragraph (b).
(12) The requirement in paragraph (1)
applies in respect of any financial services business carried on by the
relevant person on or after 1st April 2008.
8 Reporting
officer
(1) A relevant person
(other than a sole trader) must appoint an individual as the reporting officer
in respect of the financial services business being carried on by the relevant
person.
(2) The reporting
officer’s function is to receive and consider reports in accordance with
Article 21.
(2A) A relevant person must ensure
that –
(a) the
individual appointed as reporting officer under this Article is of an
appropriate level of seniority; and
(b) such
reporting officer has timely access to all records that are necessary or
expedient for the purpose of performing his or her functions as a reporting
officer, including, in particular, the records that a relevant person must keep
under Article 19.[18]
(3) When a named individual
has ceased to be the reporting officer, the relevant person must appoint
another individual forthwith as the reporting officer in respect of the
financial services business being carried on by the relevant person.
(4) Subject to paragraph (7),
a relevant person must give the Commission written notice, within one month
after the date –
(a) an
appointment under paragraph (1) or (3) takes effect; or
(b) a
person ceases to be the reporting officer.
(5) The notice is to
specify the name of that reporting officer and the date on which his or her
appointment takes effect or he or she ceases to be the reporting officer.
(6) A reporting officer may
also be appointed as a compliance officer.
(7) Paragraphs (8) and
(9) apply where a relevant person is a regulated person and the Commission has
been notified in respect of that relevant person’s regulated business
pursuant to another enactment of the name of a person who has acquired, is to
acquire, or ceased to have, the function described in paragraph (2)
(“notified person”).
(8) The notified person
shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Article and the relevant
person will be deemed to have complied with paragraph (4).[19]
(9) Where the Commission
has objected to the notified person under that other enactment –
(a) the
notified person shall be deemed to have ceased being the reporting officer
under this Article from the date that the objection took effect under that
other enactment (whether or not his or her appointment as reporting officer
took effect); and
(b) the
relevant person shall be deemed to have complied with paragraph (4) in the
case described in sub-paragraph (b).
9 Designated
persons
(1) A relevant person may
designate one or more individuals (other than the reporting officer) to whom
reports may be made in the first instance, for onward transmission, where
required under this Order, to the reporting officer.
(2) A relevant person must
ensure that –
(a) a
designated person is of an appropriate level of seniority; and
(b) a
designated person has timely access to all records that are necessary or
expedient for the purpose of performing his or her functions as a designated
person, including, in particular, the records that a relevant person must keep
under Article 19.[20]
10 Exemptions
from Articles 7 and 8
(1) The Commission may by
public notice exempt a relevant person or any class or description of relevant
person carrying on any class of financial services business from the obligation
in Article 7(6) or from the obligation in Article 8(4).
(2) The Commission may by
public notice revoke any such exemption from a date specified in the notice.
(3) The date to be
specified must allow a reasonable period of time for compliance with the
obligation to which the exemption relates.
10A Financial services
business carried on outside Jersey[21]
(1) This Article applies to
financial services business carried on in a country or territory outside
Jersey.
(2) Subject to the
provisions of this Article, a relevant person who falls within paragraph (b)
of the definition “relevant person” must –
(a) comply
with the requirements of this Order in respect of any financial services
business to which this Article applies carried on by the relevant person;
(b) ensure
that any subsidiary of that relevant person applies measures that are at least
equivalent to the requirements of this Order in respect of any financial
services business to which this Article applies carried on by that subsidiary.
(3) Subject to the
provisions of this Article, a relevant person to whom paragraph (5)
applies must apply measures that are at least equivalent to the requirements of
this Order in respect of any financial services business to which this Article
applies carried on by any branch.
(4) Subject to the
provisions of this Article, a relevant person to whom paragraph (5)
applies must ensure that any subsidiary of that relevant person applies
measures that are at least equivalent to the requirements of this Order in
respect of any financial services business to which this Article applies
carried on by that subsidiary.
(5) This paragraph applies
to a relevant person who –
(a) falls
within paragraph (a) of the definition “relevant person”;
(b) does
not fall within paragraph (b) of that definition; and
(c) is
not registered, incorporated or otherwise established other than under Jersey
law.[22]
(6) A relevant person need
not comply with paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) to the extent that the law of
the country or territory in which that person carries on a financial services
business, or has a subsidiary carrying on such a business, has the effect of
prohibiting compliance with those paragraphs.
(7) Where paragraph (6)
applies, the relevant person must inform the supervisory body exercising
supervisory functions in relation to that relevant person under the Proceeds of
Crime (Supervisory Bodies) Law.
(8) Where paragraph (6)
applies, to the extent that the law of the country or territory concerned does
not have the effect of prohibiting or preventing the relevant person from
taking other reasonable steps to deal effectively with the risk of money
laundering, the relevant person must take those reasonable steps.
(9) A relevant person need
not comply with paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) in a country or territory
outside Jersey in respect of any financial services business that falls within
paragraphs 1 to 5 of Part B of Schedule 2 of the Law.
(10) If, in a country or territory
outside Jersey –
(a) a
relevant person carries on a financial services business or has a subsidiary
carrying on such a business; and
(b) that
country or territory has more stringent requirements than those set out in this
Order,
the relevant person must ensure that those more stringent requirements
are complied with.
PART 2
Prevention and detection of money laundering[23]
11 Policies, procedures and training to prevent and detect money
laundering[24]
(1) A relevant person must
maintain appropriate and consistent policies and procedures relating
to –
(a) customer
due diligence measures;
(b) reporting
in accordance with the provisions in the Law and the Terrorism Law mentioned in
Article 21(6);
(c) record-keeping;
(d) screening
of employees;
(e) internal
control;
(f) risk
assessment and management; and
(g) the
monitoring and management of compliance with, and the internal communication
of, such policies and procedures,
in respect of that person’s financial services business
carried on in Jersey or elsewhere, or a financial services business carried on
in Jersey or elsewhere by a subsidiary of that person, in order to prevent and
detect money laundering.[25]
(2) For the purposes of
paragraph (1), “appropriate policies and procedures” means
policies and procedures that are appropriate having regard to the degree of
risk of money laundering taking into account the type of customers, business
relationships, products or transactions with which the relevant person’s
business is concerned.[26]
(3) The policies and
procedures referred to in paragraph (2) must include policies and
procedures for –
(a) the
identification and scrutiny of –
(i) complex or
unusually large transactions,
(ii) unusual
patterns of transactions which have no apparent economic or visible lawful
purpose, and
(iii) any
other activity which the relevant person regards as particularly likely by its
nature to be related to the risk of money laundering;
(b) the
taking of additional measures, where appropriate, to prevent the use for money
laundering of products and transactions which are susceptible to anonymity;
(ba) the
identification and assessment of risks that may arise in relation to the
development of new products, services or practices, including new delivery
mechanisms;
(bb) the
identification and assessment of risks that may arise in relation to the use of
new or developing technologies for new or existing products or services;
(c) determining
whether –
(i) a customer,
(ii) a
beneficial owner or controller of a customer,
(iii) a
third party for whom a customer is acting,
(iv) a
beneficial owner or controller of a third party described in clause (iii),
(v) a person acting, or
purporting to act, on behalf of a customer,
is a politically exposed person;
(d) determining
whether a business relationship or transaction, or proposed business relationship
or transaction, is with a person connected with a country or territory in
relation to which the FATF has called for the application of enhanced customer
due diligence measures;
(e) determining
whether a business relationship or transaction or a proposed business
relationship or transaction is with a person that is –
(i) subject to
measures under law applicable in Jersey for the prevention and detection of
money laundering,
(ii) connected
with an organization that is subject to such measures, or
(iii) connected
with a country or territory that is subject to such measures;
(f) assessing
the risk referred to in Article 13(4)(b);
(fa) ensuring
the periodic reporting to the senior management of a relevant person cases
where, in reliance upon Article 13(4), identification measures have been
completed after the establishment of a business relationship so as to enable
the relevant person to –
(i) assess that
appropriate arrangements are in place for the relevant person to address any
risk of money laundering that arises in such cases, and
(ii) ensure
that identification measures are completed as soon as reasonably practicable,
as required by Article 13(4);
(g) having
particular regard to the requirements of Article 10A in respect of any
branch and subsidiary of the relevant person where such branch or subsidiary is
situated in a country or territory that does not apply, or insufficiently
applies, the FATF recommendations. [27]
(3A) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a)
“scrutiny” includes scrutinising the background and purpose of
transactions and activities.[28]
(4) For the purposes of
this Article “transaction” means any of the following –
(a) a
one-off transaction;
(b) transactions
within a one-off transaction; and
(c) transactions
within a business relationship.[29]
(5) In this Article
“politically exposed person” has the same meaning as in Article 15(6).
(6) A relevant person need
not comply with paragraph (1) in a country or territory outside Jersey in
respect of any financial services business that falls within paragraphs 1
to 5 of Part B of Schedule 2 to the Law.[30]
(7) [31]
(8) A relevant person with
any subsidiary or branch that carries on a financial services business must
communicate to that subsidiary or branch that person’s policies and
procedures for complying with paragraph (1).[32]
(9) A relevant person must
take appropriate measures from time to time for the purposes of making
employees whose duties relate to the provision of financial services business
aware of the following things –
(a) the policies
and procedures under paragraph (1) that are maintained by that person and
relate to the business; and
(b) the
enactments in Jersey relating to money laundering and any relevant Code of
Practice issued under Article 22 of the Proceeds of Crime (Supervisory
Bodies) Law.[33]
(10) A relevant person must
provide those employees from time to time with training in the recognition and
handling of –
(a) transactions
carried out by or on behalf of any person who is or appears to be engaged in
money laundering; and
(b) other
conduct that indicates that a person is or appears to be engaged in money
laundering.
(10A) For the purposes of paragraph (10), such
training shall include the provision of information on current money laundering
techniques, methods and trends.[34]
(11) A relevant person must
maintain adequate procedures for monitoring and testing the effectiveness of
the following actions –
(a) the policies
and procedures maintained under paragraph (1);
(b) the
measures taken under paragraph (9); and
(c) the
training provided under paragraph (10).[35]
(12) A relevant person, when
considering the type and extent of the testing to be carried out under
paragraph (11), shall have regard to the risk of money laundering that
exists in respect of the relevant person’s business, and matters that may
have an impact on that risk, such as the
size and nature and structure of the relevant person’s business.[36]
12 Exception
from Article 11[37]
A sole trader need not
maintain policies and procedures relating to internal reporting, screening of
employees and the internal communication of such policies and procedures.
part
3
Customer due diligence measures[38]
13 Application
and timing of customer due diligence measures[39]
(1) A relevant person must
apply –
(a) subject
to paragraphs (4) to (11), identification measures before the
establishment of a business relationship or before carrying out a one-off
transaction;
(b) on-going
monitoring during a business relationship;
(c) identification
measures where –
(i) the relevant
person suspects money laundering, or
(ii) the
relevant person has doubts about the veracity or adequacy of documents, data or
information previously obtained under the customer due diligence measures.[40]
(2) Where –
(a) a
relevant person has a business relationship with a customer that started before
4th February 2008; or
(b) the
relevant person carries on a business falling within any class of business
described in Schedule 2 to the Law on or after 19th February 2008 and each
of the conditions in paragraph (2A) applies,
the relevant person must apply customer due diligence measures, as
modified by paragraph (2B) in respect of on-going monitoring, to that
relationship at appropriate times on or after 1st April 2008.[41]
(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b)
the conditions are that –
(a) the
business carried on by the relevant person did not fall within that Schedule
before that date;
(b) the
relevant person has a business relationship with a customer within the course
of that business;
(c) that
business relationship started before 19th February 2008.[42]
(2B) For the purposes of paragraph (2),
on-going monitoring shall mean –
(a) the
scrutiny described in Article 3(3)(a); and
(b) ensuring
that documents, data or information –
(i) obtained under
identification measures, or
(ii) (if
applicable) obtained under identification measures –
(A) maintained
under the Money Laundering (Jersey) Order 1999 immediately before 4th February
2008, and
(B) held
immediately before 19th February 2008,
are kept up to date and relevant by undertaking reviews of existing
records, including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing,
reviews where any inconsistency has been discovered as a result of applying the
scrutiny described in Article 3(3)(a).[43]
(3) For the purposes of
paragraph (2), subject to paragraph (3A), “appropriate
times” means –
(a) for
the application of identification measures –
(i) times that are
appropriate having regard to the degree of risk of money laundering taking into
account the type of customer, business relationship, product or transaction
concerned, and
(ii) times
when the circumstance described in paragraph (1)(c)(i) applies;
(b) for
the application of on-going monitoring, throughout the business relationship as
described in Article 3(3).[44]
(3A) The appropriate time for applying
the identification measure of finding out the identity of a person (as required
by Article 3(4)(a)) is a date that is not later than 31st December 2014,
or such later date as may be agreed in writing by the Commission upon
application by the relevant person to the Commission on or before
31st December 2014.[45]
(3B) For the purposes of paragraph (3A),
the requirement of finding out the identity of a person may be satisfied by a
relevant person if the relevant person holds, in relation to that person,
information as to the person’s identity that is commensurate to the
relevant person’s assessment of the risk that the continuing business
relationship with that person will involve money laundering.[46]
(4) Identification of a
person that is described in Article 3(4)(b) may be completed as soon as
reasonably practicable after the establishment of a business relationship
if –
(a) that
is necessary not to interrupt the normal conduct of business; and
(b) there
is little risk of money laundering occurring as a result of completing such
identification after the establishment of that relationship.[47]
(5) Where a relevant person
carries out a one-off transaction to which Article 4(1)(b)(ii), Article 4(1)(d)(ii)
or Article 4(1)(f)(ii) applies, that person must apply identification
measures as soon as reasonably practicable.[48]
(6) Identification measures
described in Article 3(4)(b) may be completed after the establishment of a
business relationship that relates to a life insurance policy if –
(a) the
identification measures relate to a beneficiary under the policy; and
(b) the
relevant person is satisfied that there is little risk of money laundering
occurring as a result of completing such identification after the establishment
of that relationship.[49]
(7) Where the
identification measures are not completed, in accordance with paragraph (6),
before the establishment of the business relationship, they must be completed
before any payment is made under the policy or any right vested under the
policy is exercised.[50]
(8) Identification measures
described in Article 3(4)(b) may be completed after the establishment of a
business relationship that relates to a trust or foundation if –
(a) the
identification measures relate to a person who has a beneficial interest in the
trust or foundation by virtue of property or income having been vested in that
person; and
(b) the
relevant person is satisfied that there is little risk of money laundering occurring
as a result of completing such identification after the establishment of that
relationship.[51]
(9) Where the
identification measures are not completed, in accordance with paragraph (8),
before the establishment of the business relationship, they must be completed
before any distribution of trust property or income is made.[52]
(10) Paragraph (11) applies
to a relevant person before establishing a business relationship, or who
is in a business relationship, with a holder of units in respect of any of the
following –
(a) a
recognized fund, within the meaning of the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey)
Law 1988;
(b) an
unclassified fund, within the meaning of the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey)
Law 1988;
(c) an unregulated fund,
within the meaning of the Collective Investment Funds (Unregulated Funds)
(Jersey) Order 2008;
(d) a
non-public fund (as defined in Article 17(12)), being a fund, other
than a fund described in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c), in respect of which a service is provided by a business described in
paragraph 7(1)(h) of Part B of Schedule 2 to the
Law.[53]
(11) A relevant person to whom
this paragraph applies shall not be required to comply with the
obligations under paragraph (1) or Article 15 in relation to a holder
of any units in any such scheme or fund if –
(a) the
holder of the units acquires the units through a secondary market transaction;
(b) a
person who is –
(i) carrying on investment
business and is registered to carry on such business under the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, or
(ii) carrying
on equivalent business to investment business,
has in relation to that holder applied the identification measures
specified in Article 3(2) or, if that person is
outside Jersey, has applied similar identification measures that satisfy
Recommendation 5 of the FATF Recommendations.[54]
(12) For the purposes of paragraph (11) –
(a) “secondary
market” means a financial market in which previously issued units are
bought and sold;
(b) “unit”
has the same meaning as in Article 1(1) of the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey) Law 1988.[55]
14 Termination
where customer due diligence measures are not completed[56]
(1) If a relevant person is
unable to apply the identification measures before the establishment of a
business relationship or before the carrying out of a one-off transaction to
the extent specified in Article 13(1)(a), that person shall not establish
that business relationship or carry out that one-off transaction.[57]
(2) If a relevant person is
unable to apply the identification measures to the extent that they involve
identification of a person in the circumstances described in Article 13(4),
(6) or (8) after the establishment of a business relationship, that person
shall terminate that relationship.[58]
(3) If a relevant person is
unable to comply with Article 13(1)(b) in respect of a business
relationship, that person shall terminate that relationship.
(4) If a relevant person is
unable to comply with Article 13(5) in respect of a one-off transaction,
that person shall not complete or carry out any further linked transactions in
respect of that one-off transaction.
(5) Subject to paragraph (6),
if a relevant person is unable to apply the identification measures in the
cases described in Article 13(1)(c) in respect of any business
relationship or transaction with a person (“transaction” having the
meaning in paragraph (12)) the relevant person shall not establish or
shall terminate that business relationship or shall not complete or carry out
that transaction, as the case requires.[59]
(6) The relevant person
need not apply the identification measures in the case described in Article 13(1)(c)(i)
in respect of any business relationship or transaction
(“transaction” having the meaning in paragraph (12)) with a
person if the relevant person, having made a report under procedures maintained
under Article 21 to a designated police officer or a designated customs
officer and acting with the consent of that officer –
(a) does
not complete that transaction;
(b) does
not carry out that transaction;
(c) does
not establish that business relationship; or
(d) terminates
that business relationship,
as the case requires.[60]
(7) Subject to paragraph (6),
if a relevant person is unable to apply the identification measures at any
appropriate time described in Article 13(3)(a) for the purposes of Article 13(2)
in respect of a business relationship that person shall terminate that
relationship.[61]
(8) Where paragraph (1),
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (7) applies a relevant person must consider whether to
make a report under Part 5.
(9) Subject to paragraph (10),
paragraphs (1) to (5) and (7) do not apply where the relevant person is a
person whose business falls within paragraph 1 or 2 of Part B of
Schedule 2 to the Law and is in the course of ascertaining the legal
position for that person’s client or performing the task of defending or
representing the client in, or concerning, legal proceedings, including advice
on the institution or avoidance of proceedings.[62]
(10) In paragraph (9), the
relevant person must be a member of a professional body which –
(a) is
established for persons carrying on business falling within paragraph 1 or
2 of Part B of Schedule 2 to the Law and which makes provision
for –
(i) testing the
competence of those seeking admission to membership of such a body as a
condition for such admission, and
(ii) imposing
and maintaining professional and ethical standards for its members, as well as
imposing sanctions for non-compliance with those standards; and
(b) is
established in respect of the business in the course of which the relevant
person carries out the activities described in paragraph (9).[63]
(11) If a report is made under
procedures maintained under Article 21 to a designated police officer or
designated customs officer, paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (7) do
not apply to the extent that the relevant person is acting with the consent of
that officer.
(12) For the purposes of this
Article, “transaction” means any transaction other than one carried
out in the course of a business relationship, whether or not it is a one-off
transaction or a transaction that falls within Article 4(1)(b), (d) or
(f).[64]
15 Enhanced
customer due diligence
(1) A relevant person must
apply on a risk-sensitive basis –
(a) enhanced
customer due diligence measures where any of paragraphs (2A), (3), (3A),
(4), (5), (8), (10) and (11) apply; and
(b) enhanced
customer due diligence measures in any situation which by its nature can
present a higher risk of money laundering.[65]
(2) For the purposes of
this Order “enhanced customer due diligence measures” means
customer due diligence measures that involve specific and adequate measures to
compensate for the higher risk of money laundering.[66]
(2A) This paragraph applies to a customer
that has or proposes to have a business relationship, or proposes to carry out
a one-off transaction, with a relevant person where –
(a) that
person is not resident in the customer’s country of residence; and
(b) that
person is not resident in the same country as the country from which or from
within which the customer is carrying on business.[67]
(3) This paragraph applies
where the customer has not been physically present for identification purposes.
(3A) This paragraph applies
where –
(a) a
relevant person has or proposes to have a business relationship, or proposes to
carry out a one-off transaction, with a customer having a relevant connection
with a country or territory (an “enhanced risk state”) in relation
to which the FATF has called for the application of enhanced customer due
diligence measures; or
(b) any
of the following is a person having such a connection –
(i) a beneficial
owner or controller of the customer,
(ii) a
third party for whom the customer is acting,
(iii) a
beneficial owner or controller of a third party described in clause (ii),
(iv) a
person acting, or purporting to act, on behalf of the customer.[68]
(3B) For the purposes of paragraph (3A),
a person has a relevant connection with an enhanced risk state if the person
is –
(a) the
government or a public authority of the state;
(b) in
relation to the state, a politically exposed person within the meaning given to
that expression by paragraph (6)(a);
(c) a
person resident in the state;
(d) a
person having an address for business in the state;
(e) a
customer, where the source of the customer’s funds is or derives
from –
(i) assets held in
the state by the customer or by any person on behalf of the customer, or
(ii) income
arising in the state.[69]
(4) This paragraph applies
where a relevant person to whom paragraph 4(A) applies has or proposes to have
a banking or similar relationship with an institution whose address for that
purpose is outside Jersey.[70]
(4A) This paragraph applies to a
relevant person who carries on a deposit-taking business as defined in Article 1
of the Banking Business (Jersey) Law
1991
except the doing of anything by or on behalf of –
(a) the
States;
(b) the
central bank of a member State of the European Community; or
(c) the
National Savings Bank of the United Kingdom.[71]
(4B) Where paragraph (4) applies,
the specific and adequate measures that are referred to in paragraph (2)
shall include –
(a) gathering
sufficient information about the institution to understand fully the nature of
its business;
(b) determining
the reputation of the institution and the quality of its supervision, including
whether it has been subject to any money laundering investigation or regulatory
action;
(c) assessing
the institution’s systems and controls to combat money laundering in
order to determine whether they are consistent with the requirements of the
FATF recommendations and their effectiveness;
(d) requiring
any new relationship to be approved by the senior management of the relevant
person;
(e) recording
the respective responsibilities of the relevant person and the institution to
prevent and detect money laundering so that both parties clearly understand
those responsibilities;
(f) being
satisfied that, in respect of customers of the institution who have services
provided directly by the relevant person, that the institution has applied
customer due diligence measures at least equivalent to those set out in this
Order and is able to provide a copy, at the request of the relevant person, of
the evidence, documents, data and information obtained when applying such
measures.[72]
(5) This paragraph applies
where –
(a) a
relevant person has or proposes to have a business relationship with a
politically exposed person or proposes to carry out a one-off transaction with
such a person; or
(b) any
of the following is a politically exposed person –
(i) a beneficial owner
or controller of the customer,
(ii) a
third party for whom a customer is acting,
(iii) a
beneficial owner or controller of a third party described in clause (ii),
(iv) a
person acting, or purporting to act, on behalf of the customer.[73]
(5A) Where paragraph (5) applies,
the specific and adequate measures that are referred to in paragraph (2)
must include –
(a) except
where the relevant person in a sole trader, requiring any new business
relationship or continuation of such a relationship or any new one-off
transaction to be approved by the senior management of the relevant person; and
(b) measures
to establish the source of the wealth of the politically exposed person and
source of the funds involved in the business relationship or one-off transaction.[74]
(5B) In paragraph (5A)(b)
“source of the wealth” means the source generating the total net
worth of funds of the politically exposed person, whether or not those funds
are used in the business relationship or one-off transaction.[75]
(6) In paragraph (5),
a “politically exposed person” means a person who is –
(a) an
individual who is or has been entrusted with a prominent public function in a
country or territory outside Jersey or by an international organization outside
Jersey, for example –
(i) heads of state,
heads of government, senior politicians,
(ii) senior
government, judicial or military officials,
(iii) senior
executives of state owned corporations,
(iv) important
political party officials;
(b) an
immediate family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a),
including any of the following –
(i) a spouse,
(ii) a
partner, that is someone considered by his or her national law as equivalent or
broadly equivalent to a spouse,
(iii) children
and their spouses or partners as defined in clause (ii),
(iv) parents,
(v) grandparents and
grandchildren,
(vi) siblings;
(c) close
associates of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), including any
person who is known to maintain a close business relationship with such a
person, including a person who is in a position to conduct substantial
financial transactions on his or her behalf.
(7) For the purpose of
deciding whether a person is a close associate of a person referred to in
paragraph (6)(a), a relevant person need only have regard to information
which is in that person’s possession or is publicly known.
(8) This paragraph applies
where the relevant person provides or proposes to provide a customer with
private banking services.[76]
(9) For the purposes of
paragraph (8) a service shall be regarded as a private banking service
if –
(a) the
service is offered, or it is proposed to offer the service, only to persons
identified by the service provider as being eligible for the service, having
regard to the person’s net worth; and
(b) the
service –
(i) involves a high
value investment,
(ii) is
a non-standard banking or investment service tailored to the person’s
needs, or uses corporate or trust investment structures, tailored to the
person’s needs, or
(iii) offers
opportunities for investment in more than one jurisdiction.[77]
(10) This paragraph applies where
the customer of the relevant person is –
(a) a
legal person established by an individual for the purpose of holding assets for
investment purposes; or
(b) a
person acting on behalf of a legal arrangement established for an individual
for the purpose of holding assets for investment.[78]
(11) This paragraph applies where
the customer of the relevant person is a company with nominee shareholders
or that issues shares in bearer form.[79]
16 Reliance
on relevant person or person carrying on equivalent business[80]
(A1) This Article applies for the
purpose of compliance by a relevant person with the relevant person’s
obligations –
(a) under
Article 13(1), in a case where Article 13(1)(a) or (1)(c)(ii)
applies; or
(b) under
Article 15(1), in a case where Article 15(1)(b), (2A), (3), (5), (10)
or (11) applies.[81]
(1) Where this Article
applies, and provided the conditions in paragraph (3) and (4) are met, a
relevant person may rely on a person who the relevant person knows or has
reasonable grounds for believing is a relevant person in respect of whose
financial services business the Commission discharges supervisory functions, or
is a person carrying on equivalent business (each referred to as “obliged
person”) –
(a) to
apply the identification measures specified in Article 3(2)(a), (b) and
(c); or
(b) if
the person is not in Jersey, to apply similar identification measures that the
obliged person applies that satisfy recommendation 5 of the FATF
recommendations,
in respect of any person to whom paragraph (2) applies.[82]
(2) This paragraph applies
to –
(a) a
customer of the obliged person;
(b) any
beneficial owner or controller of that customer;
(c) any
third party for whom that customer is acting;
(d) any
beneficial owner or controller of a third party for whom that customer is
acting; or
(e) any
person purporting to act on behalf of that customer.
(3) The conditions
mentioned in paragraph (1) are that –
(a) the
obliged person consents to being relied on;
(b) the
relevant person obtains adequate assurance in writing from the obliged person
that in the course of an established business relationship or one-off
transaction –
(i) the obliged
person has applied the identification measures mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)
or (1)(b), as the case may be, in relation to the customer,
(ii) the
obliged person has not relied upon another party to have applied any of those
identification measures,
(iii) the
obliged person has not, in reliance upon any provision in Article 17
or 18 (or in the case of the obliged person being outside Jersey, in
reliance upon a provision of similar effect to a provision in Article 17
or 18), applied identification measures that are less than those referred
to in paragraph (1), and
(iv) the obliged
person is required to keep and does keep evidence of the identification, as
described in Article 3(4), relating to each of the obliged person’s customers,
and a record of such evidence;
(c) the
obliged person immediately provides in writing to the relevant person the
information found out by the obliged person as a result of having applied the
identification measures referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (1)(b), as the
case may be; and
(d) the
relevant person obtains adequate assurance in writing from the obliged person
that the obliged person will –
(i) keep the evidence
the obliged person has obtained during the course of applying the
identification measures until such time as the obliged person has either
provided the relevant person with that evidence or has been notified by the
relevant person that the relevant person no longer requires that evidence to be
kept, and
(ii) provide
the relevant person with that evidence without delay if requested to do so by
the relevant person.
(4) The conditions
mentioned in paragraph (1) are that immediately before relying upon a
person described in that paragraph the relevant person must assess the risk of
doing so and make a written record as to the reason the relevant person
considers that it is appropriate to do so, having regard to –
(a) the
higher risk of money laundering should the obliged person fail to –
(i) apply the
identification measures referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (1)(b) as the
case may be,
(ii) provide
the information to the relevant person, or
(iii) keep
the evidence the obliged person has obtained during the course of applying the
identification measures until such time as the obliged person has either
provided the relevant person with that evidence or has been notified by the
relevant person that the relevant person no longer requires that evidence to be
kept; and
(b) the
risk that the obliged person will fail to provide the relevant person with that
evidence without delay if requested to do so by the relevant person.
(5) Where a relevant person
relies upon an obliged person to apply the identification measures referred to
in paragraph (1)(a) or (1)(b), as the case may be, the relevant person
shall –
(a) conduct
such tests in such manner and at such intervals as the relevant person deems
appropriate in all the circumstances in order to establish whether the obliged
person –
(i) has appropriate
policies and procedures in place to apply the identification measures described
in Article 13(1), by virtue of Article 13(1)(a) or 13(1)(c)(ii), or
in Article 15(1), by virtue of Article15(1)(b), 15(3) or 15(5), or
(ii) if
the obliged person is not in Jersey, has appropriate policies and procedures in
place to apply similar identification measures that satisfy the FATF
recommendations in respect of identification measures; and
(b) conduct
such tests in such manner and at such intervals as the relevant person deems
appropriate in all the circumstances in order to establish whether the obliged
person –
(i) keeps the evidence
that the obliged person has obtained during the course of applying
identification measures in respect of a person, and
(ii) provides
the relevant person with that evidence without delay if requested to do so by
the relevant person.
(6) In carrying out the
tests –
(a) the
requirement to conduct the test referred to in paragraph (5)(b) shall not
apply where the obliged person has already provided the evidence to the
relevant person; and
(b) the tests
must take into consideration whether the obliged person may be prevented, by
application of a law, from providing that information or evidence, as the case
may be.
(7) Where, as a result of a
test carried out under paragraph (5), the relevant person is not satisfied
that the obliged person has appropriate policies and procedures in place to
apply the identification measures referred to in paragraph (5)(a), or does
not keep the evidence referred to in paragraph (5)(b), or provide it
without delay if requested to do so by the relevant person, the relevant person
shall immediately apply identification measures required under Article 13(1),
by virtue of Article 13(1)(a) or 13(1)(c)(ii).
(8) For the purposes of
paragraph (3) –
(a) assurance
is adequate if –
(i) it is reasonably
capable of being regarded as reliable, and
(ii) the
person who relies on it is satisfied that it is reliable; and
(b) assurance
may be given in relation to one or more business relationships and for more
than one transaction.
(9) Nothing in this Article
shall permit a relevant person to rely on the identification measures of an
obliged person if –
(a) the
relevant person suspects money laundering;
(b) the
relevant person considers that there is a higher risk of money laundering on
the basis of the assessment made under paragraph (4); or
(c) the
obliged person is a person having a relevant connection with an enhanced risk
state (as defined in Article 15(3A)(a)).
(10) Despite the relevant
person’s reliance on the obliged person, the relevant person remains
liable for any failure to apply the measures referred to in paragraph (1)(a)
or (b), as the case may be.
16A Reliance upon
persons in same financial group as relevant person[83]
(1) For the purpose of
compliance by a relevant person with the relevant person’s
obligations –
(A) under
Article 13(1), in a case where Article 13(1)(a) or (1)(c)(ii)
applies; or
(B) under
Article 15(1), in a case where Article 15(1)(b), (2A), (3), (5), (10)
or (11) applies,
a relevant person may rely on a person outside Jersey who is not an
obliged person (‘other person’) to apply similar identification
measures to those specified in Article 3(2)(a), (b) and (c) that satisfy
recommendation 5 of the FATF recommendations if –
(a) that
other person is a member of the same financial group as the relevant person;
(b) that
other person carries on a business which, if that business were carried on in
Jersey, would be a financial services business;
(c) the
financial group applies the customer due diligence measures and record keeping
requirements required under this Order or in recommendations 5, 6 and 10
of the FATF recommendations;
(d) the
financial group to which the relevant person and the other person belong
maintains a programme against money laundering which includes policies and
procedures by which every member of the financial group who carries on
financial services business or equivalent business shares information that is
appropriate for the purpose of preventing and detecting money laundering;
(e) the
implementation of customer due diligence and record keeping requirements, and
of the programme referred to in sub-paragraph (d), are supervised by an
overseas regulatory authority; and
(f) the
conditions that must be complied with for a relevant person to rely upon a
person under Article 16(1) (including the requirements described in
Article 16(4) and 16(5)) are satisfied.[84]
(2) For the purposes of
paragraph (1) and Article 22A, a person is a member of the same
financial group as another person if there is, in relation to the group, a
parent company or other legal person that exercises control over every member
of that group for the purposes of applying group supervision under –
(a) the
core principles for effective banking supervision published by the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision (ISBN 92-9131-164-4);
(b) the
Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation issued by the International
Organisation of Securities Commissions; or
(c) the
Insurance Supervisory Principles issued by the International Association of
Insurance Supervisors.[85]
17 Simplified
identification measures in circumstances where the customer is a relevant
person[86]
(1) Simplified
identification measures described in paragraphs (3), (5), (6), (7) and (8)
apply if the relevant person knows or has reasonable grounds for believing that
a customer is –
(a) a
relevant person in respect of whose financial services business the Commission
discharges supervisory functions, or a person carrying on equivalent business; or
(b) a person –
(i) wholly owned by a
person (the “parent”) mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), and
(ii) fulfilling the
conditions in paragraph (2).
(2) The conditions
mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) are that –
(a) the person
is incorporated or registered, as the case may be, in the same jurisdiction as
the parent;
(b) the person
has no customers who are not customers of the parent;
(c) the person’s
activity is ancillary to the business in respect of which the Commission
discharges supervisory functions, or equivalent business carried on by the
parent; and
(d) in
relation to that activity, the person maintains the same policies and
procedures as the parent.
(3) Provided the relevant
person satisfies the condition in paragraph (4), a relevant person need
not, if the relevant person thinks appropriate, comply with the requirements of
Article 13 or 15 to apply the identification measures specified in
Article 3(2)(b) to a third party for which the customer is acting where
the customer, or the parent of its customer is acting in the course of a
business –
(a) that
falls within paragraph (a), (b) or (d) in the definition of
“regulated business”;
(b) that
is investment business or fund services business registered under the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998; or
(c) that
is equivalent business to any category of business described in sub-paragraph (a)
or (b).
(4) The condition referred
to in paragraph (3) is that, immediately before applying the simplified
identification measures in the manner described in that paragraph, the relevant
person shall assess and make a written record as to the reason the relevant
person thinks it appropriate to apply those simplified measures, having regard
to the risk of money laundering inherent in the customer’s business and
the higher risk of money laundering associated with that type of business
should the customer fail to –
(a) apply the
identification measures specified in Article 3(2)(b) or if the person is
not in Jersey, similar identification measures required to be applied to
satisfy the requirements in recommendation 5 of the FATF recommendations;
or
(b) keep records, or keep
them for the period required to be kept.[87]
(5) Provided the relevant
person satisfies the conditions in paragraph (9), if that relevant person
thinks appropriate and is satisfied, by reason of the nature of the
relationship with a customer, that there is little risk of money laundering
occurring, that relevant person need not comply with the requirements of
Article 13 or 15 to apply the identification measures specified in Article 3(2)(b)
to a third party for which the customer is acting where the
customer –
(a) is or carries on business in respect of an unregulated
fund, within the meaning of the Collective Investment Funds (Unregulated Funds)
(Jersey) Order 2008;
(b) is or carries on
business in respect of a fund that is a non-public fund,
being a fund in respect of
which a service is provided that is described in paragraph 7(1)(h) of
Part B of Schedule 2 to the Law; or
(c) is
carrying on equivalent business to a business described in sub-paragraph (a)
or (b).
(6) Provided the relevant
person satisfies the conditions in paragraph (9), if a relevant person who
is carrying on deposit-taking business is satisfied, by reason of the nature of
the relationship with a customer, that there is little risk of money laundering
occurring, that relevant person need not comply with the requirements of
Article 13 or 15 to apply the identification measures specified in Article 3(2)(b)
to a third party for which the customer is acting where the
customer –
(a) is carrying on trust company business and is registered to carry on
such business under the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998;
or
(b) is
carrying on equivalent business to a business described in sub-paragraph (a).
(7) Provided the relevant
person satisfies the conditions in paragraph (9), if a relevant person who
is carrying on deposit-taking business thinks appropriate and is satisfied, by
reason of the nature of the relationship with a customer that there is little
risk of money laundering occurring, that relevant person need not comply with
the requirements of Article 13 or 15 to apply the identification measures
specified in Article 3(2)(b) to a third party for which the customer is
acting where the customer –
(a) is an
independent legal professional –
(i) carrying on a
business described in paragraph 1 of Part B of Schedule 2 to the
Law, and
(ii) registered
to carry on such business under the Proceeds of Crime (Supervisory Bodies) (Jersey)
Law 2008; or
(b) is
carrying on equivalent business to a business described in sub-paragraph (a).
(8) Provided the relevant
person satisfies the conditions in paragraph (9), if a relevant person who
is a lawyer carrying on a business described in paragraph 1 of Part B
of Schedule 2 to the Law or an accountant carrying on a business described
in paragraph 2 of Part B of Schedule 2 to the Law thinks
appropriate and is satisfied, by reason of the nature of the relationship with
a customer, that there is little risk of money laundering occurring, that
relevant person need not comply with the requirements of Article 13 or 15
to apply the identification measures specified in Article 3(2)(b) to a
third party for which the customer is acting where the customer –
(a) is
carrying on trust company business, and is registered to carry on such business
under the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998;
or
(b) is
carrying on equivalent business to a business described in sub-paragraph (a).
(9) The conditions referred
to in paragraph (5), (6), (7) and (8) are that, immediately before
applying the simplified identification measures in the manner described in
those paragraphs, the relevant person shall –
(a) assess and make a written record as to the reason the relevant
person thinks it appropriate to apply those simplified measures, having regard
to the risk of money laundering inherent in the customer’s business and
the higher risk of money laundering associated with that type of business should
the customer fail to –
(i) apply the
identification measures specified in Article 3(2)(b), or if the person is
not in Jersey, similar identification measures required to be applied to
satisfy the requirements in recommendation 5 of the FATF recommendations,
or
(ii) keep records, or
keep them for the period required to be kept;
(b) obtain adequate assurance in writing from the customer that the
customer –
(i) in furtherance of
the customer’s obligations under Article 13(1)(a) and (c)(ii) and
Article 15 has applied the identification measures specified in Article 3(2)(b)
to the third party, or
(ii) in
the case of a customer who is not in Jersey, has applied similar identification
measures that the relevant person applies that satisfy recommendations 5 and 6 of
the FATF recommendations; and
(c) obtain adequate assurance in writing from the customer that the
customer –
(i) will provide the
relevant person, without delay and in writing, the information found out by the
customer as a result of having applied the identification measures if so
requested by the relevant person,
(ii) will
keep the evidence the customer has obtained during the course of applying the
identification measures, and
(iii) will
provide the relevant person with that evidence without delay if requested to do
so by the relevant person.[88]
(9A) If, having satisfied the conditions
in paragraph (4) in relation to a customer to which paragraph (3)
applies, or paragraph (9) in relation to a customer to which paragraph (5),
(6), (7), or (8) applies, the relevant person does not apply the identification
measures specified in Article 3(2)(b), the relevant person shall
instead –
(a) consider
the value and extent of any third party’s financial interest in the
product, arrangement, account or other investment vehicle offered to the
customer by the relevant person; and
(b) where
the relevant person considers that the value or financial interest of the third
party is significant, apply the identification measure described in Article 3(4)(a)
to that third party.[89]
(10) Where a relevant person
applies simplified identification measures under paragraph (5), (6), (7)
or (8), the relevant person shall –
(a) conduct
such tests in such manner and at such intervals as the relevant person deems
appropriate in all the circumstances in order to establish –
(i) whether the
customer has appropriate policies and procedures in place to apply the
identification measures described in Articles 13(1)(a), 13(c)(ii)
and 15 (or in the case of a customer who is outside Jersey, similar
identification measures that satisfy the FATF recommendations in respect of
identification measures),
(ii) whether
the customer finds out information in relation to the third party, and
(iii) whether
the customer –
(A) keeps the
information or evidence that the customer has obtained during the course of
applying identification measures in respect of a third party, and
(B) provides
the relevant person with that information or evidence without delay if
requested to do so by the relevant person; and
(b) in
carrying out such tests take into consideration whether the customer may be
prevented, by application of a law, from providing that information or
evidence, as the case may be.
(11) Where as a result of a test
carried out under paragraph (10) the relevant person is not satisfied that
the customer has found out information in relation to the third party as
referred to in paragraph (10)(a)(ii), or does not keep the information or
evidence as referred to in paragraph (10)(a)(iii), or provide it without
delay if requested to do so by the relevant person, the relevant person shall
immediately apply identification measures as required under Article 13(1)(a)
and 13(c)(ii).
(12) In this Article
“non-public fund” means a scheme falling within the definition of
“collective investment fund” in Article 3 of the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey) Law 1988 except that the offer of units in the scheme or arrangement is not
an offer to the public within the meaning of that Article.[90]
(13) For the purposes of paragraph (9) –
(a) assurance
is adequate if –
(i) it is reasonably
capable of being regarded as reliable, and
(ii) the
person who relies on it is satisfied that it is reliable;
(b) assurance
may be given in relation to one or more business relationships and for more
than one transaction; and
(c) assurance
need not be given immediately before applying simplified measures in a case
where assurance has previously been given in relation to a business
relationship or transaction.
(14) Nothing in this Article shall
permit a relevant person to apply simplified identification measures
if –
(a) the
relevant person suspects money laundering;
(b) the
relevant person considers that there is a higher risk of money laundering on
the basis of the assessments made under paragraph (4) or (9);
(c) the
customer is resident in a country that is not compliant with the FATF
recommendations;
(d) the
customer is a person in respect of whom Article 15(3A) applies; or
(e) the
customer is a person in respect of whom Article 15(4) applies.[91]
18 Simplified
customer due diligence measures[92]
(1) Identification measures
under Article 13 are not required in any of cases B to E except as
provided by paragraph (3A) in relation to case B.[93]
(2) [94]
(3) Case B is where
the business relationship or one-off transaction relates to a pension,
superannuation, employee benefit, share option or similar scheme and where the
contributions to the scheme are made by an employer or by way of deductions
from wages and the rules of the scheme do not permit the assignment of an
interest of a member of the scheme except after the death of the member.[95]
(3A) In a case falling within
case B where it is proposed to assign the interest of a deceased member of
the scheme, the trustees of the scheme must apply the identification measures described
in Article 3(2)(a) to (c) in respect of the proposed assignee, and in the
application of Article 3(2) for this purpose, references to the customer
shall be taken to include references to the proposed assignee.[96]
(4) Case C is where,
in the case of insurance business consisting of a policy of insurance in
connection with a pension scheme taken out by virtue of a person’s
contract of employment or occupation –
(a) the
policy contains no surrender clause; and
(b) it
may not be used as collateral security for a loan.
(5) Case D is where,
in respect of insurance business, a premium is payable in one instalment of an
amount not exceeding £1,750.
(6) Case E is where,
in respect of insurance business, a periodic premium is payable and the total
amount payable in respect of any calendar year does not exceed £750.
(6A) Where the customer of a relevant
person is –
(a) a
public authority acting in that capacity;
(b) a
body corporate the securities of which are listed –
(i) on an
IOSCO-compliant market, or
(ii) on
a regulated market as defined by Article 2(5);
or
(c) a
person wholly owned by a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (b),
the relevant person need not comply with his or her obligations
under Article 13 in respect of those measures mentioned in Article 3(2)(c)(i),
but only in so far as those measures require identifying any person purporting
to act on behalf of the customer, nor with his or her obligations under Article 13
in respect of those measures mentioned in Articles 3(2)(a), 3(2)(c)(ii)
and 3(2)(c)(iii).[97]
(7) Where the customer of a
relevant person is –
(a) a regulated
person;
(b) a
person who carries on equivalent business to any category of regulated business;
or
(c) a
person –
(i) wholly owned by a
person (the “parent”) mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b),
and
(ii) fulfilling
the conditions in paragraph (7A),
the relevant person need not comply with his or her obligations
under Article 13 in respect of those measures mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a)
and (c) of Article 3(2).[98]
(7A) The conditions mentioned in
paragraph (7)(c)(ii) are that –
(a) the
person is incorporated or registered, as the case may be, in the same
jurisdiction as the parent;
(b) the
person has no customers who are not customers of the parent;
(c) the
person’s activity is ancillary to the regulated business or equivalent
business carried on by the parent;
(d) in
relation to that activity, the person maintains the same policies and
procedures as the parent.[99]
(8) Where –
(a) a person
is authorized to act on behalf of a customer;
(b) the customer
is not a relevant person;
(c) the
person who is so authorized acts on behalf of the customer in the course of
employment by a person carrying on a financial services business; and
(d) the
financial services business is either a regulated business or equivalent
business to a regulated business,
the relevant person need not comply with his or her obligations
under Article 13 in respect of the measures mentioned in Article 3(2)(c)(i)
but only in so far as those measures require identifying any person purporting
to act on behalf of the customer.[100]
(8A) Where a relevant person’s
business falls within paragraph 1 or 3 of Part B of Schedule 2
to the Law and that person enters into a business relationship or carries out a
one-off transaction for the purpose of enabling a customer directly or
indirectly to enter into a registered contract within the meaning of the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey)
Law 2012, the relevant person need not comply with his or her obligations
under Article 13 to apply customer due diligence measures to the extent
that such measures require identification of a person within the meaning of
Article 3(4)(b).[101]
(9) Nothing in this Article
shall apply if –
(a) the
relevant person suspects money laundering;
(b) the
relevant person considers that there is a higher risk of money laundering;
(c) the
customer is resident in a country that is not compliant with the FATF
recommendations; or
(d) the
customer is a person in respect of whom Article 15(3A) applies.[102]
PART 4
RECORD-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS[103]
A19 Interpretation of
Part 4[104]
In this Part
“relevant person” includes a person who was formerly a relevant
person.
19 Records
to be kept
(1) A relevant person must
keep the records specified in paragraphs (2) and (2A).[105]
(2) This paragraph refers
to –
(a) a
record comprising –
(i) a copy of the
evidence of identity obtained pursuant to the application of customer due
diligence measures or information that enables a copy of such evidence to be
obtained, and
(ii) all
the supporting documents, data or information that have been obtained in
respect of a business relationship or one-off transaction following the
application of customer due diligence measures;
(b) a
record containing details relating to each transaction carried out by the
relevant person in the course of any business relationship or one-off
transaction.[106]
(2A) This paragraph refers to the
records, if any, that –
(a) the
relevant person was required to keep immediately before 4th February 2008 under
record keeping procedures maintained under Article 8 of the Money
Laundering (Jersey) Order 1999; and
(b) the
relevant person held immediately before 19th February 2008.[107]
(3) The record to which paragraph (2)(b)
refers must in any event include sufficient information to enable the
reconstruction of individual transactions.
(4) The relevant person
must keep the records to which paragraphs (2) and (2A) refer in such
a manner that those records can be made available on a timely basis to the Commission,
the Financial Intelligence Unit, a police officer or customs officer for the
purposes of complying with a requirement under any enactment.[108]
(5) Where an obliged person
who is a relevant person has given an assurance under Article 16 (or under
a provision that applies outside Jersey that is equivalent to Article 16)
to another relevant person, the obliged person must make available to that
other relevant person, at the other relevant person’s request, evidence
of identification that the obliged person is required to keep under this
Article, such evidence being the evidence that is referred to in Article 16(3)(d)
(or in a provision that applies outside Jersey that is equivalent to Article 16(3)(d)).[109]
(6) Where a relevant person
has given an assurance to another person that is required under Article 17
(or under a provision that applies outside Jersey that is equivalent to Article 16(3)(d)
or Article17), the relevant person may make available to that other person, at
that other person’s request, the information or the evidence of
identification that the relevant person is required to keep under this Article,
such evidence being the information and evidence that is referred to in Article 17(9)(c)
(or in a provision that applies outside Jersey that is equivalent to Article 16(3)(d)
or 17(9)(c)).[110]
(7) A relevant person may
make available to another person, being a person who is carrying on an
equivalent business, at that other person’s request, a copy of the
evidence, documents, data and information referred to in Article 15(4B)(f).[111]
20 Periods
for which records must be kept
(1) Where the records
described in Article 19(2)(a) or (2A) relate to a business relationship, a
relevant person must keep those records for a period of at least 5 years
commencing with the date on which the business relationship ends.[112]
(2) Where the records
described in Article 19(2)(a) or (2A) relate to a one-off transaction, a
relevant person must keep those records for a period of at least 5 years
commencing with the date on which the one-off transaction is completed.[113]
(3) A relevant person must
keep the records described in Article 19(2)(b) or (2A) in relation to
each transaction for a period of 5 years commencing with the date on which
all activities taking place within the course of that transaction were
completed.[114]
(4) For the purposes of
paragraph (2) a one-off transaction is completed on the date of completion
of all activities taking place in that transaction.
(4A) For the avoidance of doubt, the
date described in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) from which the period
referred to in those paragraphs commences may be a date that occurred before
4th February 2008.[115]
(5) The Commission may
notify to the relevant person a period longer than 5 years for the
purposes of paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) and such longer period shall apply
instead of the 5 years specified in those paragraphs.
PART 5
reporting and disclosure[116]
21 Reporting
procedures and related disclosure requirements[117]
(1) Reporting procedures
maintained by a relevant person are in accordance with this Article if they
comply with the following requirements –
(a)
(b)
(c) they
must provide for securing that a report is made to the person who is referred
to in paragraph (6)(a), (b) and (c) in accordance with the provisions
mentioned in those sub-paragraphs and they must communicate the identity of
that person;
(d) they
must provide that if a report is made to a designated person, it must be
considered by that person, in the light of all other relevant information, for
the purpose of determining whether or not the information or other matter
contained in the report does give rise to knowledge, suspicion or reasonable
grounds for knowledge or suspicion that another person is engaged in money
laundering;
(e) they
must provide that if a report is made to a designated person, the report must
(subject to Article 22) be forwarded by the designated person to the
reporting officer;
(f) they
must provide that if a report is made or forwarded to the reporting officer, it
must be considered by the reporting officer, in the light of all other relevant
information, for the purpose of determining whether or not the information or
other matter contained in the report does give rise to knowledge, suspicion or
reasonable grounds for knowledge or suspicion that another person is engaged in
money laundering;
(g) they
must provide for the reporting officer, and any designated person through whom
the report is made, to have access to all other relevant information that may
be of assistance to the reporting officer or that designated person, including,
in particular, the records that a relevant person must keep under Article 19;
(h) they
must provide for securing that the information or other matter contained in a
report is disclosed, by the person considering the report under sub-paragraph (d)
or (f), to a designated police officer or designated customs officer as soon as
is practicable, using the form set out in the Schedule to this Order
(“Form”), where the person considering the report knows or
suspects, or has reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting, that another
person is engaged in money laundering;
(ha) they must provide
for securing that the person who makes a disclosure under sub-paragraph (h)
provides the designated police officer or designated customs officer with such
additional information relating to that disclosure as that officer may
reasonably request and that such information is provided in such form and
within such reasonable period as that officer may reasonably request.
(i) [118]
(2) If a person considering
a report under paragraph (1)(d) or (1)(f) knows or suspects, or has
reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting, that another person is engaged in
money laundering, the first person must, as soon as is practicable, make a
disclosure to the Financial Intelligence Unit, a designated police officer or a
designated customs officer –
(a) by
using the Form; and
(b) in
compliance with the requirements indicated on the Form.[119]
(3) The person making the
disclosure under paragraph (2) must ensure that –
(a) a
completed Form is delivered in the manner indicated on the Form; and
(b) any
information entered upon or accompanying the Form is legible.[120]
(4) A person who makes a
disclosure under paragraph (2) must provide the designated police officer
or designated customs officer with such additional information relating to that
disclosure as that officer may reasonably request in such form and within such
reasonable period as that officer may require.[121]
(5) The requirements
described in paragraphs (1)(h), (1)(ha), (2) and (4) shall not apply to a
relevant person who is a professional legal adviser where the information or
matter that would otherwise be the subject of disclosure is an item subject to
legal privilege.[122]
(6) A designated person or,
if there is no such person, the reporting officer, shall be –
(a) the
nominated officer referred to in Article 34D of the Law and Article 21
of the Terrorism Law;
(b) the
appropriate person referred to in Article 32(5) of the Law; and
(c) the
person to whom disclosure may be made under any procedure established by an
employer as described in Article 18(7) of the Terrorism Law.[123]
22 Reports
that need not be forwarded
(1) If a designated person,
on considering a report under Article 21, concludes that it does not give
rise to knowledge, suspicion or reasonable grounds for knowledge or suspicion
that another person is engaged in money laundering, the designated person need
not forward it to the reporting officer.
(2) If a designated person,
on considering a report under Article 21, has concluded that it does give
rise to knowledge, suspicion or reasonable grounds for knowledge or suspicion
that another person is engaged in money laundering, the reporting officer need
not consider whether that other person is engaged in money laundering.
22A Disclosure within
the relevant person’s organization[124]
A relevant person may disclose –
(a) the information
contained in any report for the purpose of any of the provisions mentioned in
Article 21(6);
(b) any additional
information required under Article 21(4);
(c) the information
contained in any record kept by the relevant person for the purpose of this
Order,
to any person or institution with whom or which the relevant person
shares common ownership, management or compliance control, or any person
within the same financial group as the relevant person (as defined in Article 16A(2)),
where such disclosure is appropriate for the purpose of preventing and
detecting money laundering.
23 Duty
to report evidence of money laundering
(1) If the Commission –
(a) obtains
any information; and
(b) is of
the opinion that the information indicates that any person has or may have been
engaged in money laundering,
the Commission shall disclose that information to the Financial
Intelligence Unit, a designated police officer or a designated customs officer as
soon as is reasonably practicable.[125]
(2) If a person is a
secondary recipient of information obtained by the Commission, and forms such
an opinion as is described in paragraph (1)(b), the person may disclose
the information to the Financial Intelligence Unit, a designated police officer
or a designated customs officer.[126]
(3) If any person specified
in paragraph (4) –
(a) obtains
any information while acting in the course of any investigation, or discharging
any functions, to which the person’s authorization or appointment
relates; and
(b) is of
the opinion that the information indicates that any other person has or may
have been engaged in money laundering,
the first person shall as soon as is reasonably practicable disclose
that information to the persons specified in paragraph (5).
(4) The persons to whom
this paragraph refers are –
(a) a
person authorized by the Commission under Article 26 of the Banking Business (Jersey) Law 1991 to require a person to
provide information or produce documents;
(b) a
person appointed by the Commission under Article 28 of the Banking Business (Jersey) Law 1991 to investigate and report to
the Commission on a person or business;
(c) a
person authorized by the Commission under Article 9 of the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey)
Law 1988 to require a person to furnish information or produce books or
papers;
(d) an
inspector appointed by the Commission under Article 22 of the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey)
Law 1988;
(e)
(f) an
inspector appointed by the Chief Minister or the Commission under Article 128
of the Companies (Jersey)
Law 1991 to investigate and report on the affairs of a company;
(g) a
person authorized by the Court under Article 208 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 to inspect records of or
under the control of a company;
(h) a
person authorized by the Commission under Article 10 of the Insurance Business (Jersey) Law 1996 to require a person to
produce information or documents;
(i) a
person appointed by the Court under Article 11 of the Insurance Business (Jersey) Law 1996 to investigate and report to
the Commission on a person or business;
(j) an
inspector appointed by the Chief Minister under Regulation 41(3) of the Limited Liability Partnerships (Dissolution and
Winding Up) (Jersey) Regulations 2018;
(k) a
person providing a report under Article 8(5) of the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998;
(l) a
person authorized by the Commission under Article 32 of the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998 to require a person to
provide information or documents or to answer questions;
(m) a person
appointed by the Commission under Article 33 of the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998 to investigate and report
under that Article to the Commission; and
(n) an
agent appointed by the Commission under Article 10(1) of the Financial Services Commission (Jersey) Law 1998.[127]
(5) The persons to whom
this paragraph refers are –
(a) the
Financial Intelligence Unit;
(b) a
designated police officer or designated customs officer; and
(c) the Commission.[128]
(5A) If a designated supervisory body
(other than the Commission) –
(a) obtains
any information; and
(b) is of
the opinion that the information indicates that any person has or may have been
engaged in money laundering,
that body shall disclose that information to the Financial
Intelligence Unit, a designated police officer or a designated customs officer
as soon as is reasonably practicable.[129]
(5B) If a person is a secondary
recipient of information obtained by a designated supervisory body (other than
the Commission) and forms such an opinion as is described in paragraph (5A)(b),
the person may disclose the information to the Financial Intelligence Unit, a
designated police officer or a designated customs officer.[130]
(5C) If any person referred to in
paragraph (5D) –
(a) obtains
any information while acting in the course of any investigation, or discharging
functions, to which the person’s authorization or appointment relates;
and
(b) is of
the opinion that the information indicates that any other person has or may
have been engaged in money laundering,
the first person shall as soon as reasonably practicable disclose
that information to the persons and bodies referred to in paragraph (5E).[131]
(5D) The persons to whom this paragraph
refers are –
(a) a
person authorized by a suitable supervisory body under Article 30 of the Proceeds
of Crime (Supervisory Bodies) Law to require a person to provide information or
documents or to answer questions; and
(b) a
person appointed by a suitable supervisory body under Article 31 of that
Law to investigate and report under that Article to that body.[132]
(5E) The persons and bodies to whom this
paragraph refers are –
(a) the
suitable supervisory body referred to in paragraph (5D); and
(b) the
Financial Intelligence Unit; and
(c) a
designated police officer or designated customs officer. [133]
(5F) In this Article “suitable
supervisory body” has the same meaning as in the Proceeds of Crime
(Supervisory Bodies) Law.[134]
(6) Disclosure under this
Article shall be made in writing.
part 5A[135]
Other measures
23A Shell banks[136]
(1) A relevant person to
whom paragraph (3) applies must not enter into or continue a banking
relationship with a shell bank.
(2) A relevant person to
whom paragraph (3) applies must take appropriate measures to ensure that
he or she does not enter into, or continue, a banking relationship with a bank
that is known to permit its accounts to be used by a shell bank.
(3) This paragraph applies
to a relevant person who carries on a deposit-taking business as defined in
Article 1 of the Banking Business (Jersey) Law 1991 except the doing of anything
by or on behalf of –
(a) the
States;
(b) the
central bank of a member State of the European Community; or
(c) the
National Savings Bank of the United Kingdom.
(4) For the purposes of
paragraphs (1) and (2) –
(a) “bank”
means a person or body carrying on a deposit-taking business within the meaning
of the Banking Business (Jersey) Law
1991
whether or not that business is carried on from within Jersey; and
(b) “shell
bank” means a bank incorporated in a jurisdiction in which it has no
physical presence involving meaningful decision-making and management, and
which is not subject to supervision by the Commission or by an overseas
regulatory authority by reason of that bank’s connection with any other
institution or person.
(5) For the purposes of
paragraph (4)(b), “connection” has the same meaning as in
Article 3A of the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961.
23B Anonymous accounts[137]
A relevant person must not, in relation to any of that
person’s customers, set up an anonymous account or an account in a name
which it knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, to be fictitious.
23C [138]
PART 6
miscellaneous and closing
24 Citation
and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Money Laundering (Jersey)
Order 2008.
24A Application to
certain businesses[139]
This Order shall not apply before 1st May 2008 to a relevant person
whose business falls within paragraph 1 or paragraph 2(1)(b) of
Part B of Schedule 2 to the Law.