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Client Due Diligence (CDD) for UK law firms: FAQs on AML/CTF, proliferation financing, scope, non-regulated work, minors, identification challenges, and charging under the MLR 2017

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Practice notes

This Practice Note, CDD-FAQs, is for law firms. It addresses common questions on client due diligence (CDD) within the anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF) and counter-proliferation financing regime.

When is CDD required?

If you are undertaking work within the scope of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLR 2017), SI 2017/692, as amended (see Practice Note: Money Laundering Regulations 2017-scope and application-law firms), you must apply CDD measures when you:

form a business relationship
carry out an occasional transaction:
- that amounts to a transfer of funds within the meaning of Article 3.9 of the funds transfer regulations exceeding €1,000; or
- that reaches €15,000 or more, whether in a single operation or in several operations which appear to be linked
suspect money laundering, terrorist financing or proliferation financing
harbour doubts about the accuracy or adequacy of documents or information previously obtained for identification or verification purposes

The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2022 (Amendment No 2 Regulations), SI 2022/860, amend the MLR 2017 to include provisions on proliferation financing-in broad terms, providing funds or financial services for...

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