Singapore legislation

Regulation 13

of Estate Agents (Prevention of Money Laundering, Proliferation Financing and Terrorism Financing) Regulations 2021

Regulation 13

Additional documents and information to be kept

Amended byS 461/2025 wef 01/07/2025S 461/2025 wef 01/07/2025S 461/2025 wef 01/07/2025

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 461/2025 wef 01/07/2025S 461/2025 wef 01/07/2025

For the purposes of section 44C(1)(d) of the Act, the following records are the prescribed documents and information to be kept by a licensed estate agent:

(a)

records showing —

(i)

the registered salespersons of the licensed estate agent who have undergone the training mentioned in regulation 10(1)(e) in relation to the prevention of money laundering, countering proliferation financing and countering terrorism financing;

(ii)

the date of the training;

(iii)

the type of training received;

(iv)

the training schedule for the registered salespersons employed by the licensed estate agent who have not been trained; and

(v)

any correspondence or other communication sent by the licensed estate agent to the registered salespersons of the licensed estate agent setting out the internal policies, procedures and controls mentioned in regulation 10(1)(c);

(b)

records relating to any matter —

(i)

under investigation by the police, a Commercial Affairs Officer or a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer; and

(ii)

that is the subject of a suspicious transaction report;

(c)

records relating to any risk assessment documented under regulation 10(1)(b);

(d)

records relating to the compliance management arrangements developed and implemented under regulation 10(2), including —

(i)

the date each internal check and audit mentioned in that regulation was carried out;

(ii)

the sample size of each such internal check and audit;

(iii)

details of each transaction that was sampled for the purposes of each such internal check and audit; (iv)the outcome and result of each such internal check and audit; and

(v)

details of each rectification measure taken under regulation 10(2)(c).

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 461/2025 wef 01/07/2025

In this regulation —

Definition

“Commercial Affairs Officer” means a Commercial Affairs Officer appointed under section 64 of the Police Force Act 2004;

Definition

“Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992.

Amended byS 461/2025 wef 01/07/2025