2021 No. 827

Financial Services

The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No. 2) (High-Risk Countries) Regulations 2021
Approved by both Houses of Parliament
Made
at 12.30 p.m. on 12th July 2021
Laid before Parliament
at 4.00 p.m. on 12th July 2021
Coming into force
13th July 2021
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 49 of and paragraphs 4 and 23 of Schedule 2 to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 , make the following Regulations.

Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No. 2) (High-Risk Countries) Regulations 2021.
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These Regulations come into force on 13th July 2021.

Amendment of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017
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The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 are amended as follows.
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For Schedule 3ZA (high-risk third countries) substitute—
SCHEDULE 3ZA

High-Risk Third Countries
Regulation 33(3)
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Albania
2
Barbados
3
Botswana
4
Burkina Faso
5
Cambodia
6
Cayman Islands
7
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
8
Haiti
9
Iran
10
Jamaica
11
Malta
12
Mauritius
13
Morocco
14
Myanmar
15
Nicaragua
16
Pakistan
17
Panama
18
Philippines
19
Senegal
20
South Sudan
21
Syria
22
Uganda
23
Yemen
24
Zimbabwe
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Maggie Throup
Rebecca Harris
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
At 12.30 p.m. on 12th July 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/692) (“the MLRs”) by substituting the list of high-risk third countries in Schedule 3ZA for a new list. Schedule 3ZA had originally been inserted into the MLRs by the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (High-Risk Countries) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/392).
On the new list, Ghana is no longer classed as a high-risk country for the purposes of enhanced customer due diligence requirements in regulation 33(3).
Haiti, Malta, Philippines and South Sudan are now classed as high-risk countries for the purposes of enhanced customer due diligence requirements in regulation 33(3).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
2018 c. 13. In section 49 the definition of “terrorist financing” was amended by paragraph 9 of Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the 2018 Act.
S.I. 2017/692, amended by S.I. 2019/1511, 2019/253, 2020/991 and 2021/392. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.