60.— (1) Subject to section 61, a reference in this Part to the competent authority for a designated person is a reference to the competent authority prescribed for the class of designated persons to which the designated person belongs.

(2) If no such competent authority is prescribed, a reference in this Part to the competent authority is a reference to the following:

(a) in the case of a designated person that is a credit institution or a financial institution, the F130[Central Bank of Ireland];

(b) in the case of a designated person who is an auditor, external accountant, tax adviser or trust or company service provider—

(i) if the person is a member of a designated accountancy body, the designated accountancy body, or

(ii) if the person is not a member of a designated accountancy body and is a body corporate, or a body of unincorporated persons, carrying out its functions under this Part F131[through officers and members] of it who are members of a designated accountancy body, the designated accountancy body;

(c) in the case of a designated person who is a solicitor, the Law Society of Ireland;

F132[(d) in the case of a designated person who is a barrister, the Legal Services Regulatory Authority;]

F133[(da) F134[…]]

F135[(db) in the case of a designated person that is a property services provider, the Property Services Regulatory Authority;]

(e) in the case of any designated person other than a designated person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) F132[, (d) or (db)], the Minister.

(3) The Minister may prescribe a competent authority for a class of designated persons, for the purpose of subsection (1), only if the Minister is satisfied that the competent authority is more appropriate than the competent authority specified in subsection (2) for the class of designated persons, having regard to the nature of the business activities engaged in by that class.