(1) A person ("P") must not make funds available to any person for the benefit of a designated person if P knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that P is making the funds so available.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation -
(a) funds are made available for the benefit of a designated person only if that person thereby obtains, or is able to obtain, a significant financial benefit, and
(b) "financial benefit" includes the discharge, in whole or in part, of a financial obligation for which the designated person is wholly or partly responsible.
(3) Paragraph (1) is subject to regulations 9 and 23.