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TO\nPROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION\nFOR ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW INCLUDING CONTINUING EDUCATION\nIN ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM\nLEGISLATION; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED\nPURPOSES\n\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\n(1) This Law may be cited as the Legal Associations (Miscellaneous\nAmendments) Law, 2018.\n(2) This Law shall come into force by Order made by the Cabinet.\n2.\nThe Laws specified in the Schedule are amended as provided in the\nSchedule.\nShort title and\ncommencement\nGeneral amendments to\nLaws\n\nThe Legal Associations (Miscellaneous Amendments) Law, 2018\n\n4\n\nSCHEDULE\n(Section 2)\nAMENDMENTS TO LAWS\n1.\nThe Legal Practitioners Law (2015 Revision) is amended as follows -\n(a)\nin section 2, by inserting the following definition its appropriate\nalphabetical sequence -\n\u201canti-money laundering and counter-terrorism legislation\u201d means\nany one of the following -\n(a)\nthe Proceeds of Crime Law (2018 Revision);\n(b) the Terrorism Law (2018 Revision);\n(c)\nthe Proliferation Financing (Prohibition) Law (2017\nRevision);\n(d) any regulations made under the Laws specified in\nparagraphs (a) to (c); 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The Cabinet, after consultation with\nthe Legal Advisory Council and the\nCouncil of the Cayman Islands Legal\nPractitioners\nAssociation,\nmay\nmake\nregulations to provide for continuing legal\neducation\nand\npractical\ntraining\nfor\nattorneys-at law, including -\n(a)\ncontinuing legal education\nand training in anti-money\nlaundering and counterterrorism legislation; and\n(b) giving the Council of the\nCayman\nIslands\nLegal\nPractitioners\nAssociation\nthe power to direct, in\nspecified\ncircumstances,\nany attorney or group of\nattorneys\nto\nundertake\ncontinuing legal education\nand training in anti-money\nlaundering and counterterrorism legislation.\u201d.\n2.\nThe Monetary Authority Law (2018 Revision) is amended in Schedule 3 by\ndeleting the words \u201cCayman Islands Law Society\u201d and \u201cCaymanian Bar\nAssociation\u201d and substituting the words \u201cCayman Islands Legal Practitioners\nAssociation.\u201d.\n\nPassed by the Legislative Assembly the 16th day of November, 2018\n\nDr. Hon. 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