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Article 14 Safekeeping duties regarding ownership verification and record keeping

1. The management company or the investment company shall provide the depositary, upon commencement of its duties and on an ongoing basis thereafter, with all relevant information it needs to comply with its obligations pursuant to rule 6.6B.19 of the Collective Investment Schemes sourcebook, and ensure that the depositary is provided with all relevant information by third parties.

2. A depositary shall be deemed to comply with the requirements set out in rule 6.6B.19 of the Collective Investment Schemes sourcebook where it at least:

(a) has access without undue delay to all relevant information it needs in order to perform its ownership verification and record-keeping duties, including relevant information to be provided to the depositary by third parties;

(b) possesses sufficient and reliable information for it to be satisfied of the UK UCITS' ownership right over the assets;

(c) maintains a record of those assets for which it is satisfied that the UK UCITS holds the ownership by:

(i) registers in its records, in the name of the UK UCITS, assets, including their respective notional amounts, for which it is satisfied that the UK UCITS holds the ownership;