6 National Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Committee

(1) A National Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Committee is hereby established.
(2) The Committee shall consist of the following—
(a) a senior official from the Ministry of Finance not below the rank of Principal Secretary nominated by the Minister, who chairs the Committee;
(aa) a senior official from the Office of the Designated Minister not below the rank of Principal Secretary; (Inserted by S.I. 145 of 2020)
(ab) the Director General of the Seychelles Intelligence Service;
(Inserted by S.I. 145 of 2020)
(b) the Attorney-General;

(c) the Governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles;
(d) the Commissioner of the Seychelles Police Force;
(e) the Registrar General;
(f) the Commissioner Commission;

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(g) the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Authority;
(h) the Chief Executive Officer of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Seychelles; and
(i) the Director of the FIU.
(3) The Committee shall appoint a Deputy Chairperson from amongst its members.
(4) The FIU shall act as the Secretariat of the Committee.
(5) The Committee may co-opt such other persons in its deliberations, who have special knowledge or experience in combating money laundering and terrorist financing activities.
(6) A member of the Committee who has an interest in a matter for deliberation by the Committee shall disclose the nature of the interest in writing to the other members of the Committee.
(7) A member of the committee who has disclosed an interest under subsection (6) shall be discharged from participating in the deliberation of the matter in respect of which he or she has made the disclosure.
(8) The Minister may by notice in the Official Gazette amend, include or omit or vary the members in the composition of the Committee constituted under subsections (1) and (2), as may be necessary for the proper functioning of the Committee.