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Some activities need permission before they begin. Which permissions depend entirely on what you do and where you do it.
5 practices · 4 common gaps
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Authorisation first, then conduct, then everything else.
Financial services is the clearest example of a sector where registering a company and being authorised to carry on the activity are entirely different things.
Anti-money-laundering obligations under the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022 attach to certain businesses and professions, and they require identification and record-keeping procedures rather than good intentions.
Described in general terms. This is not a list of the authorisations your business needs — confirm those with the relevant regulator.
The areas of the Compliance Centre that matter most in this sector.
Some activities need permission before they begin. Which permissions depend entirely on what you do and where you do it.
Records are how a business proves what happened. Almost every other area on this page is evidenced by something in this one.
Who decides, how decisions are recorded, and the duties that attach to the people holding control.
The duties that attach the moment your business decides why and how personal information is processed.