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Regulation 4

of Trustees (Transparency and Effective Control) Regulations 2017

Regulation 4

Obligation to obtain, etc., information of relevant parties

Amended byS 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025

Subject to paragraph (3A), a trustee of a relevant trust must, within the time specified in paragraph (3), take reasonable steps to ensure that the information mentioned in paragraph (2) of each relevant party —

(a)

is obtained; and

(b)

is verified by means of source data, documents or information that is reliable and independently sourced.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025S 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025

The information in paragraph (1) is —

(a)

where the relevant party is an individual, his or her —

(i)

full name, including any aliases;

(ii)

identity card number, birth certificate number, passport number, or other similar unique identification number issued by a government authority;

(iii)

residential address;

(iv)

date and place of birth; and

(v)

nationality; (b)where the relevant party is an entity —

(i)

its full name;

(ii)

its incorporation number or business registration number;

(iii)

its registered or business address;

(iv)

its principal place of business (if different from its registered or business address mentioned in sub‑paragraph (iii));

(v)

its date of constitution, incorporation or registration;

(vi)

its place of incorporation or registration; and

(vii)

the following information about every connected individual of the entity:

(A)

his or her full name, including any aliases;

(B)

his or her identity card number, birth certificate number, passport number, or other similar unique identification number issued by a government authority;

(C)

his or her role in relation to the entity;

(c)

where the relevant party is a class of possible beneficiaries under the trust — a description of the class of possible beneficiaries under the trust; and

(d)

the role of the relevant party in relation to the trust.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025

The steps mentioned in paragraph (1) must be taken —

(a)

in the case of a trust that is a relevant trust on 20 June 2025 — as soon as reasonably practicable on or after that date or after the relevant party is known to the trustee, as the case may be;

(b)

in the case of a relevant trust created after 20 June 2025 — as soon as reasonably practicable after the relevant trust is created or after the relevant party is known to the trustee, as the case may be; and

(c)

in the case of a trust that is not a relevant trust on 20 June 2025 but which becomes a relevant trust after that date — as soon as reasonably practicable after the trust becomes a relevant trust or after the relevant party is known to the trustee, as the case may be.

Subregulation 3A

Amended byS 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025

Despite paragraph (1), the trustee of a relevant trust may choose not to take any step if there is reason to believe that taking that step will tip off a relevant party —

(a)

who is mentioned in paragraph (f) of the definition of “relevant trust party” in section 83(1) of the Act; and

(b)

whom the trustee reasonably believes does not know of the existence of the relevant trust,that the relevant trust exists.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 409/2025 wef 20/06/2025

In paragraph (2)(b)(vii), “connected individual” —

(a)

in relation to an entity that is a partnership, means any partner or manager;

(b)

in relation to a trust or other similar arrangement, means any relevant party of the trust or other similar arrangement; and

(c)

in relation to any other entity, means any director, or any individual having executive authority, in the entity.