Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010

106D

F156[Scope of Bank’s supervision - performance of certain functions

106D. (1) The functions conferred on the Bank under—

(a) Parts II, IIIC, VIIA, VIIIA and IX of the Act of 1942,

(b) Parts 3 and 4 of the Central Bank Reform Act 2010, and

(c) Parts 2, 3, 7 and 9 of the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013,

shall, in addition to being performable for the purposes to which those provisions relate, be performable for the purposes of ensuring compliance with the Fourth Money Laundering Directive, the Fifth Money Laundering Directive and the Recommendations of FATF.

(2) The Minister, where he or she considers it appropriate to do so and following consultation with the Bank, may make regulations conferring additional functions connected with the functions conferred by or under any enactment on the Bank for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Fourth Money Laundering Directive, the Fifth Money Laundering Directive and the Recommendations of FATF.

(3) Regulations under subsection (2) may provide for such additional functions as may be necessary for the more effective implementation of Recommendations made from time to time by FATF to address and mitigate the risks related to money laundering and terrorist financing.]

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F156

Inserted (23.04.2021) by Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Act 2021 (3/2021), s. 25, S.I. No. 188 of 2021.