The Control of Explosives Precursors and Poisons Regulations 2023

Reporting of suspicious transactions etc.

6.—(1) This regulation applies to a person who—

(a) is required by section 3C of the 1972 Act, or by regulation 5(2)(b), to report a relevant transaction; or

(b) is required by section 3C of the 1972 Act to report a disappearance or a theft of a regulated substance or a reportable substance.

(2) The person must satisfy the requirement imposed by paragraph (1)(a) or (b) (“the reporting requirement”) within the period of 24 hours beginning with—

(a) in the case of a relevant transaction, the time when the person forms the belief that the transaction is suspicious; or

(b) in the case of a disappearance or a theft, the time when the person discovers the disappearance or the theft.

(3) The reporting requirement must be satisfied by the person, or by another person who is authorised to act on the person’s behalf, using either the electronic reporting service or the telephone reporting service that is provided by the Secretary of State for this purpose.

(4) If the reporting requirement arises in respect of a relevant transaction, the report provided to the Secretary of State must be accompanied by all such information that is held by the person that is likely to be of reasonable assistance to the Secretary of State in identifying—

(a) if the reporting requirement applies to a person in the case of a relevant transaction, the customer or the prospective customer to the relevant transaction; or

(b) if the reporting requirement applies to an operator of an online marketplace, the supplier using the online marketplace to make a relevant transaction, and the customer or prospective customer to that transaction.