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UK PEPs under the MLR 2017: FCA-SRA alignment, LSAG risk-based expectations, and ECCTA 2023 domestic versus non-domestic treatment

Published on: 01 May 2024

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See Q&A: Do the FCA and the SRA use the same metrics when judging PEPs?

Under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLR 2017), SI 2017/692, a politically exposed person (PEP) is an individual entrusted with prominent public functions, excluding those who are middle-ranking or in more junior posts.

Family member includes:

  • the PEP’s spouse or civil partner
  • the PEP’s children, and the spouses or civil partners of those children
  • the PEP’s parents

A known close associate means:

  • a person known to share joint beneficial ownership of a legal entity or legal arrangement with a PEP, or otherwise to have close business relations with a PEP
  • a person with sole beneficial ownership of a legal entity or legal arrangement that is known to have been established for a PEP’s benefit

Prominent public functions include:

  • heads of state, heads of government, ministers, and deputy or assistant ministers
  • members of parliament, or of comparable legislative bodies
  • members of the governing bodies of political parties
  • members...

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