This program is available for self-study or facilitated study over a live Zoom call with expert Lisa Preuveneers.
We have prepared detailed notes as per the following Table of Contents and introduction. The content is the same for self-study or distance learning (as we sometime call it).
To gain accredited CPE points
Self-study read through the notes, follow the many external links to addition information and complete a Questionnaire. To make this as easy as possible, the questionnaire is included in the notes and it is emailed to you separately as a Word document – complete and email back.
Popular because: the study can be undertaken at a time of your choosing.
Face to face via a live Zoom call
The full set of notes are emailed to you together with a Zoom meeting invitation well in advance.
You are expected to read these ahead of the live online, one-hour lecture discussion session.
Popular because: the small group session enable you to ask questions of other notaries also on the Zoom call.
Choose from these dates: 10th Sep. Wed. 11.30 am | 22nd Sep. Tues 3 pm
Compulsory Anti-Money Laundering (AML) training and formal compliance for Notaries Public in England officially began in 2008 with the Notaries (Prevention of Money Laundering) Rules 2008.The requirements were heavily tightened under the UK-wide Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017.
No longer a minor “tick-box” exercise, AML training has grown more complex with the recent Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) and 2026 amendments. And with good reason. According to official figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the National Crime Agency (NCA), fraud has firmly established itself as the most prevalent crime against individuals in England and Wales, accounting for approximately 41% of all crime. And with 72% of fraud relies on stolen identities and compromised data. Notaries need to look out!
It may be that your work is officially categorised as low risk or you may be one of the 117 to 130 notaries that engages in regulated activities (conveyancing for example or being registered as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP)). Nevertheless, it is more than likely that you mayfind yourself in the front line in the fight to prevent money laundering through fraud.
Should you be AML-regulated? From my discussion with a recently inspected Notary, this may not be as straight forward as you think.
This year there has been no shortage on information and guidance available, not the least from the Faculty Office’s (FO) website. I have picked out issues I deem to be relevant and included them withinthe body of these notes. Links to additional reading are included in the Appendix section; possibly useful to gain further non-accredited CPE hours.
Taking our cue from the Regulators we report on updates to relevant rules, legislation and general guidance (notably from The Financial Action Task Force (FATF)).
We touch on The European Digital Identity Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/1183), often referred to as eIDAS 2.0, covered more fully in my “Electronic Notarisation, Digital Documents and Remote Appearance” program .
