European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2019 [S.I. No. 110 of 2019]

	Introductory Text
	Part 1 Preliminary and General (regs. 1-3)
	Regulation 1 Citation and commencement
	Regulation 2 Interpretation
	Regulation 3 References to server of notice: construction of those references.
	Part 2 Obligation for Relevant Entities to Compile a Beneficial Ownership Register (regs. 4-15)
	Regulation 4 Application of these Regulations
	Regulation 5 Relevant entities to obtain and hold beneficial ownership information
	Regulation 6 Natural persons reasonably believed to be beneficial owners: duty to give particular notice to them -
	Regulation 7 Notice to natural person believed to be a beneficial owner
	Regulation 8 Other particular steps that may be taken to establish identity of beneficial owners
	Regulation 9 Notice to person believed to have information, etc. concerning beneficial ownership
	Regulation 10 Duty to keep information in register up-to-date
	Regulation 11 Notice to natural person to confirm occurrence of change, etc.
	Regulation 12 Duty of beneficial owner (in certain circumstances) to notify his or her status as such
	Regulation 13 Duty of natural person (in certain circumstances) to notify relevant change
	Regulation 14 Offence for failure to comply with notice under Regulation 7, 9 or 11
	Regulation 15 Duty to keep and maintain a beneficial ownership register
	Part 3 Obligation of Relevant Entities to File Beneficial Ownership Information in Central Register (regs. 16-31)
	Regulation 16 Discharge of initial central filing obligation - construction of that expression
	Regulation 17 Delivery of information under this Part: delivery may be effected by persons external to relevant entity (as well as by officers or employees of it)
	Regulation 18 Registrar of Beneficial Ownership of Companies and Industrial and Provident Societies
	Regulation 19 Establishment and maintenance of central register
	Regulation 20 Obligation of relevant entity to deliver beneficial ownership information to Registrar and related obligations of designated person where certain discrepancies discovered
	Regulation 21 Information which shall be delivered to Registrar
	Regulation 22 Information to be provided by presenter
	Regulation 23 Duty to keep information in beneficial ownership register and central register aligned and up to date
	Regulation 24 Unrestricted access to beneficial ownership information in central register
	Regulation 25 Restricted access to beneficial ownership information in central register
	Regulation 26 Obligations of competent authorities to report certain discrepancies to Registrar
	Regulation 27 Fees may be charged for access to central register under Regulation 25
	Regulation 28 Offence for failure to comply with Regulation 20, 21, 22 or 23 and supplemental provisions
	Regulation 29 Prosecution of offences
	Regulation 30 Certificate by Registrar admissible as evidence of facts stated
	Regulation 31 Interconnection of central registers via the European Central Platform
	Part 4 Revocation (reg. 32)
	Regulation 32 Revocation
	Given under
	Explanatory Memorandum