Regulation 17A Correspondent banking relationships and processing payments
(1) A UK credit or financial institution ("C") ("the correspondent") must not establish or continue a correspondent banking relationship with the following ("the respondent") -
(a) a designated person ("D"),
(b) a UK credit or financial institution, which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by D, or
(c) a non-UK credit or financial institution, which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by D,
if C knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that the correspondent banking relationship is with a designated person.
(2) C must not process a payment to, from or via -
(a) D,
(b) a UK credit or financial institution, which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly (within the meaning of regulation 7) by D, or