5.—(1) A person (“P”) must not make funds available to any person for the benefit of a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is making the funds so available.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation—
(a)funds are made available for the benefit of a designated person only if that person thereby obtains, or is able to obtain, a significant financial benefit, and
(b)“financial benefit” includes the discharge of a financial obligation for which the designated person is wholly or partly responsible.
(3) Paragraph (1) is subject to regulations 8 to 10.
(4) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence.