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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 23 April 2021 - onwards
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33. Identification and verification of customers and beneficial owners.

(1) A designated person shall apply the measures specified in subsection (2) in relation to a customer of the designated person -

(a) prior to establishing a business relationship with the customer,

(b) prior to carrying out an occasional transaction with, for or on behalf of the customer or assisting the customer to carry out an occasional transaction,

(c) prior to carrying out any service for the customer, if, having regard to the circumstances, including:

(i) the customer, or the type of customer, concerned,

(ii) the type of any business relationship which the person has with the customer,

(iii) the type of service or of any transaction or product in respect of which the service is sought,

(iv) the purpose (or the customer's explanation of the purpose) of the service or of any transaction or product in respect of which the service is sought,

(v) the value of any transaction or product in respect of which the service is sought,