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Regulation 3 Establishment and maintenance of Central Mechanism

(1) The Bank shall establish and maintain a database (in these Regulations referred to as the "Central Database") in which is entered the information provided to the Bank under Regulation 4.

(2) The Bank shall establish and maintain an information system (to be known as the "Central Mechanism of Ownership of Bank and Payment Accounts and Safe-Deposit Boxes" and in these Regulations referred to as the "Central Mechanism") for the following purposes:

(a) enabling a credit institution to provide information to the Bank under Regulation 4;

(b) enabling the Bank to maintain the Central Database;

(c) enabling FIU Ireland to carry out searches on and retrieve information from the Central Database;

(d) enabling FIU Ireland, the Criminal Assets Bureau and the Garda Síochána to access and search bank account information from the Central Database in accordance with Regulation 4 of the European Union (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Use of Financial and Other Information) Regulations

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