# The Money Laundering Regulations 2003, Introduction: Introductory text


FINANCIAL SERVICES
Made 28th November 2003
Laid before Parliament 28th November 2003
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
Whereas the Treasury are a government department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to preventing the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering;
Now therefore the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by—
(i)section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and
(ii)sections 168(4)(b), 402(1)(b), 417(1) and 428(3) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ,
hereby make the following Regulations:

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3075/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/money-laundering-regulations-2003/introduction
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.