Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Act 2021

Amendment of Schedule 4 to Act of 2010

28. Schedule 4 (inserted by section 39 of the Act of 2018) to the Act of 2010 is amended—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in subparagraph (g) by the substitution of “business;” for “business.”, and

(ii) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (g):

“(h) the customer is a third country national who applies for residence rights or citizenship in the State in exchange for capital transfers, purchase of property or government bonds or investment in corporate entities in the State.”,

and

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) by the substitution of the following for subparagraph (c):

“(c) non face-to-face business relationships or transactions, without certain safeguards, such as electronic identification means, relevant trust services as defined in the Electronic Identification Regulation or any other secure, remote or electronic, identification process regulated, recognised, approved or accepted by the relevant national authorities;”,

(ii) in subparagraph (e), by the substitution of “products;” for “products.”, and

(iii) by the insertion of the following after subparagraph (e):

“(f) transactions related to oil, arms, precious metals, tobacco products, cultural artefacts and other items of archaeological, historical, cultural and religious importance, or of rare or scientific value, as well as ivory and protected species.”.