Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Act 2021

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2010

2. Section 2 (amended by section 3 of the Act of 2018) of the Act of 2010 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following definition before the definition of “Minister”:

“ ‘Fifth Money Laundering Directive’ means Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 20181 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, and amending Directives 2009/138/EC and 2013/36/EU;”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(3) In this Act a reference to an Appeal Tribunal shall be construed as a reference to the Appeal Tribunal established under section 101A (inserted by section 24 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Act 2021).”.

1 OJ No. L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 43