What UK Terrorism Act 2000 Section 15 - Terrorist Fund-Raising (Invitation, Receipt, Provision of Money or Property, Reasonable Cause to Suspect Test) requires
Section 15 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) creates the primary UK terrorist financing offence and operates as the legal foundation for the UK Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) regime, the National Crime Agency UKFIU SAR regime for terrorist-finance reporting, and the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) terrorist asset-freezing regime. Section 15 creates three distinct offences. Under section 15(1), a person commits an offence if he (a) invites another to provide money or other property, and (b) intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism. Under section 15(2), a person commits an offence if he (a) receives money or other property, and (b) intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism. Under section 15(3), a person commits an offence if he (a) provides money or other property, and (b) knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that it will or may be used for the purposes of terrorism. Under section 15(4), a reference to the provision of money or other property is a reference to its being given, lent or otherwise made available, whether or not for consideration. The 'reasonable cause to suspect' objective threshold is the operative test in most prosecutions - it captures financial institutions, money service businesses, crowdfunding platforms, and cryptoasset service providers that fail to apply adequate CTF controls even where no actual suspicion is formed. Sections 16, 17, and 18 of the Act create the companion offences of use and possession of money or property for terrorism (s.16), funding arrangements (s.17), and terrorist money laundering (s.18). The disclosure duty in section 19 (general disclosure) and section 21A (regulated-sector disclosure) creates the SAR filing obligation to the NCA. The maximum penalty under section 22 is 14 years imprisonment on indictment plus an unlimited fine. Section 15 captures both Schedule 2 proscribed-organisation funding and non-proscribed-organisation terrorism (where the section 1 definition of terrorism applies independently of proscription).
Pillar: Financial Crime, AML & Sanctions · Authority: Parliament of the United Kingdom · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/section/15
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- Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) Section 15 (Fund-raising) subsection (1): 'A person commits an offence if he (a) invites another to provide money or other property, and (b) intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism.' Published at legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/section/15.
- Terrorism Act 2000 section 15(2): 'A person commits an offence if he (a) receives money or other property, and (b) intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism.'
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