Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 2157
FINANCIAL SERVICES
The Money Laundering Regulations 2007
Made
24th July 2007
Laid before Parliament
25th July 2007
Coming into force
15th December 2007
The Treasury are a government department designated M1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 in relation to measures relating to preventing the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering;
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by sections 168(4)(b), 402(1)(b), 417(1) M3 and 428(3) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 M4, make the following Regulations:
Marginal Citations
M21972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51). By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) made by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created by or arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073, OJ No L 1, 3.11.1994, p. 3) and the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183, OJ No L 1, 3.1.1994, p.572). For the decision of the EEA Joint Committee in relation to Directive 2005/60/EC, see Decision No 87/2006 of 7th July 2006 amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement (OJ No L 289 19.10.2006, p. 23).
M3See the definition of “prescribed”.