Section 337

A disclosure which satisfies the following three conditions is not to be taken to breach any restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed). The first condition is that the information or other matter disclosed came to the person making the disclosure (the discloser) in the course of his trade, profession, business or employment. The second condition is that the information or other matter— that another person is engaged in money laundering. causes the discloser to know or suspect, or gives him reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting, The third condition is that the disclosure is made to a constable, a customs officer or a nominated officer as soon as is practicable after the information or other matter comes to the discloser. Where a disclosure consists of a disclosure protected under subsection (1) and a disclosure of either or both of— the disclosure of the thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) (as well as the disclosure protected under subsection (1)) is not to be taken to breach any restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed). the identity of the other person mentioned in subsection (3), and the whereabouts of property forming the subject-matter of the money laundering that the discloser knows or suspects, or has reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting, that other person to be engaged in, A disclosure to a nominated officer is a disclosure which— is made to a person nominated by the discloser’s employer to receive disclosures undersection 330 or this section, and is made in the course of the discloser’s employment ....

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04