Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2013

This section provides definitions of terms used in the Act (interpretation/definitions).

Uganda has jurisdiction over offences under this Act in specified circumstances (within Uganda, on Ugandan-flag vessels or registered aircraft, by Ugandan nationals or habitual-resident stateless persons, and certain extra-territorial offences linked to section 116).

It is prohibited for any person to intentionally handle property that they know or suspect to be proceeds of crime in various ways (for example converting, transferring, concealing, acquiring, using, assisting others, or evading reporting), or to participate in those acts.

Knowledge, intent or purpose required for the money laundering offence in this Part may be inferred from objective factual circumstances.

Money laundering is a separate crime and may be charged even if the person has not been convicted of the predicate offence.

Persons crossing Uganda's borders carrying or arranging transfers of cash or bearer negotiable instruments above one thousand five hundred currency points (or equivalent) are covered; the Uganda Revenue Authority may request source and purpose information; the customs department must forward required forms; the Uganda Revenue Authority must seize suspected laundered or undeclared currency (up to six months) and notify the Authority; the court may extend seizure time on application; the Authority must issue implementation guidelines in consultation with the Uganda Revenue Authority.

Accountable persons must provide requested records to courts or competent authorities for investigations or proceedings; competent authorities must share and may disclose information to other Ugandan authorities or foreign authorities in relation to crimes under this Act, and must treat such information as confidential except when necessary for investigations or proceedings.

A record, report, notice or other document kept under this Part (including certified extracts and certified electronic printouts) is admissible as evidence in a court when produced, for any fact it contains that could be proved by direct oral evidence.

Accountable persons doing electronic funds transfers must obtain and include accurate originator and recipient information and ensure that that information stays with the transfer throughout the payment chain; originating financial institutions that cannot obtain that information must not execute the transfer; subsection (1) contains two exceptions for certain card transfers and transfers between accountable persons.

Obligations of bank or professional secrecy and other confidentiality restrictions do not affect any obligation under this Act to report or furnish information.

Those who make a report or furnish information in good faith under this Act (the accountable person and its employees, officers, directors and agents) are exempt from criminal, civil and administrative liability for complying with this Part or for breaching disclosure restrictions.

Every accountable person must take reasonably necessary measures to ensure that neither it nor any service it offers is used to commit or facilitate money laundering or financing of terrorist activities, subject to section 13.

An accountable person required to report under sections 8 or 9 may continue and carry out the transaction provided they comply with the Act's requirements.

Accountable persons must perform customer due diligence, including identifying and verifying customers and beneficial owners, keep accounts in the true name of the holder, and apply additional risk-based measures such as enhanced due diligence and cross-border correspondent banking checks.

Accountable persons must identify, assess and take appropriate measures to manage and mitigate money‑laundering and terrorism‑financing risks and must take steps to identify, assess and monitor those risks, including when developing new products, business practices or technologies.

Accountable persons must establish and maintain books and records, retain them for at least ten years, keep backup copies as prescribed, and make records available to the Authority or a competent authority on request.

Accountable persons must record cash or monetary transactions in Form A when the transaction involves domestic or foreign currency exceeding one thousand currency points; records must be made on the day of the transaction. Transactions between accountable persons supervised by Government of Uganda authorities are not required to be recorded.

Accountable persons must report suspected money laundering or terrorism financing to the Authority without delay (no later than two working days); reports must use the Minister's prescribed form and include relevant documents; disclosure to customers about reporting is prohibited; legal professionals subject to professional secrecy are exempt.

People must not disclose information that identifies persons in suspicious transaction reports, except for specific permitted purposes.

Establishes the Financial Intelligence Authority.

The Authority's objectives include identifying proceeds of crime and combating money laundering; ensuring compliance with the Act; raising public awareness of money laundering; providing collected information to competent authorities; and exchanging information with similar foreign bodies relevant to money laundering or terrorism financing.

The Authority must receive, process, analyse and interpret information; disseminate analysis to competent authorities (and to supervisory authority if certain offences are indicated); inform, advise and cooperate with other authorities; give guidance; retain information for at least ten years; collect fines; issue guidelines to certain accountable persons; and may provide training to accountable institutions.

The Authority may take all necessary or expedient actions to perform its functions effectively and may exercise a range of powers including requiring risk assessments, entering premises, copying records, imposing administrative sanctions, registering accountable persons, coordinating national risk assessments, obtaining information, and halting financial activity when a suspicion warning is reported.

A supervisory body or the Authority may enforce compliance by issuing directives, requiring reports, imposing licence conditions, applying to court for orders against officers or employees, and the court may impose fines for failure to comply.

The Financial Intelligence Authority must be independent in performing its functions and must not be subjected to direction, instruction or control by any person or Authority; however, the Minister may give the Authority policy Guidelines.

The governing body of the Authority shall be the Board.

The Board shall be the policy-making organ of the Authority and shall direct the Executive Director on management and implementation of policies; approve organizational structures, terms and conditions of service and the Human Resource Manual-based appointment/removal/suspension of staff subject to sections 28, 30 and 32; prescribe administrative measures to safeguard Authority revenue; review and approve the budgetary estimates and strategic plan; and consider the annual report and report to the Minister.

Specifies the Board's composition (Chairperson, four members, Executive Director ex officio); the Minister appoints the Chairperson and other members; members hold office on terms in their instruments of appointment; appointments are approved by Parliament.

Members of the Board serve three-year terms (reappointment for one additional term permitted); the Minister may remove members for specified grounds; members may resign in writing with effect one month after receipt; Minister may appoint replacements for unexpired terms.

The Board must meet as often as business requires and at least once every quarter of the Authority's financial year; it may determine procedures, request advice, and appoint member committees; decisions may be made without a meeting if circulated in writing, members can comment in writing within a reasonable time, and fewer than a majority object in writing within the prescribed time.

The Authority must have an Executive Director; the Minister appoints the Executive Director on the Board's recommendation and with Parliament's approval; the Executive Director must have specified qualifications, serves a four-year term, and may be re-appointed once.

The Executive Director is the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, responsible for day-to-day affairs and accountable to the Board for decisions made on behalf of the Authority.

The Minister must, on recommendation of the Board, suspend the Executive Director from office pending an enquiry; the Minister must, on recommendation of the Board, remove the Executive Director from office for misconduct, incapacity or incompetence.

Creates the office of Deputy Executive Director and states that the Deputy Executive Director shall be appointed and serve in the same manner as the Executive Director under sections 28 and 30.

Defines the staff composition of the Authority; members must perform duties under the Executive Director's supervision; the Board determines staff conditions of service.

Members of the Board and staff of the Authority must declare their assets and liabilities to the Inspectorate of Government.

Members of the Board and staff of the Authority must subscribe to an oath of allegiance before assuming their duties of office.

The Executive Director must report and keep the Board informed, must not disclose identifying information of reporters, and must submit quarterly reports to the Board on Authority performance.

The Board must submit an annual report on the Authority's performance within three months after each financial year; the Minister must table a copy of that report before Parliament within one month after receipt.

The Authority must receive, analyse and retain reports and related information and has powers to collect and obtain information relevant to money laundering.

Section allows the Authority to disclose information to foreign institutions with similar powers if relevant to money‑laundering investigations and if Uganda has a treaty; it requires agreements to restrict use, prohibits recipients who obtained information in the course of exercising powers from using it for other purposes, and shields good‑faith providers from suit.

Competent authorities may exchange information and provide international cooperation with foreign counterparts regarding possible or confirmed money laundering or terrorist financing.

The Authority may enter into contracts, memoranda of understanding and other agreements (including with government departments, agencies, persons or organisations inside or outside Uganda) in its own name to exercise its powers and perform its duties under this Act.

Legal actions concerning rights or obligations of the Authority must be brought in the Authority's own name; the Authority, its employees and persons acting under the Executive Director's direction are protected from actions for acts done in good faith in administering or discharging their powers, duties or functions.

The Authority's funds are to include money appropriated annually by Parliament for the Authority, any Government grants to it, and any other money legally acquired by it.

The Authority's fiscal year must be the same as the Government's.

The Auditor General, or an auditor the Auditor General appoints, must audit and report on the Authority's accounts and financial records.

Realisable property held by a bankrupt person or a company undergoing winding up is not excluded from the bankrupt’s or company’s property and is subject to bankruptcy or winding-up laws and court orders.

When property is confiscated under this Act, the court may order the transfer or sale of the confiscated property.

The court may order confiscation of property within its territory, in accordance with the law, when that property is connected to a crime against the laws of another State that would also be a crime if committed within the court's jurisdiction.

A special account must receive funds appropriated by Parliament to satisfy obligations to foreign states and to cover management, remuneration, expenses, mortgages, liens and necessary costs related to seized or confiscated property.

A court may require a person in possession of restrained or confiscated property to hand it over to the person appointed under the Act's regulations; property must be managed according to regulations and perishable or low-value property may be sold or destroyed.

An authorised officer who reasonably suspects a person has documents relevant to identifying, locating or transferring suspected tainted property may seek a production order.

The court may order a person to produce documents of the kind referred to in section 44 to an authorised officer at a specified time and place if the court considers there are reasonable grounds.

Authorised officers may inspect, copy and retain documents produced under a production order; if they retain originals they must give the producer copies and acknowledge possession; persons ordered to produce documents may not refuse on grounds of self‑incrimination or breach of a confidentiality obligation.

If producing documents under a court order under section 45 would be unreasonably oppressive, burdensome or create extreme hardship, the person subject to the order may apply to the court for relief, and the court may modify or revoke the order.

If a foreign State asks for help to find or seize property suspected of being tainted by a crime in its jurisdiction, sections 44–47 apply mutatis mutandis.

An authorised officer may enter land or premises, search them for documents of the type described in section 44, and seize documents the officer reasonably believes are relevant to a crime under this Act.

An application for a document search warrant is contemplated where a person has been charged or convicted of a crime, or an authorised officer reasonably suspects that a document referred to in section 44 is, or may be within the next hours, on land or premises.

If an application under section 50 is made for a search warrant, the court may issue a warrant authorizing an authorised officer to enter and search land or premises and to seize documents of the type referred to in section 44.

A court must not issue a warrant under section 51 unless it is satisfied of one of the listed preconditions (production order given and not complied with; production order unlikely to be effective; investigation would be seriously prejudiced without immediate access; or document cannot be sufficiently identified for a production order).

A warrant issued under section 51 must state its purpose, describe the kinds of documents to be seized, specify when it ceases to be in force, and say whether entry is authorised at any time or only during specified hours.

An authorised officer has authority to seize documents and other evidence found while searching under a warrant issued under section 51 when the officer reasonably believes the items relate to or will afford evidence of the relevant crime.

If a foreign State requests assistance to locate or seize property suspected to be tainted by a crime within its jurisdiction, sections 49 to 54 apply with necessary modifications.

An authorised officer may apply ex parte and in writing to the court for a monitoring order requiring a financial institution to give information; the application must be supported by an affidavit.

When an application is made under section 56 for a monitoring order, the court may order a financial institution to disclose information about transactions on a person's account.

A monitoring order issued under section 57 must specify its maximum duration (three months from the date of the order), the name(s) in which the account is believed to be held, and the information the institution must provide.

The court must not issue a monitoring order under section 57 unless it is satisfied there are reasonable grounds to suspect the account-holder has committed or benefited from a crime.

Employees or agents of a financial institution under a monitoring order must not disclose the order except to specified persons; those persons may disclose only for performance of duties. Disclosure is allowed for legal proceedings, but a legal adviser is not required to disclose the order to a court.

Authorised officers may search persons, land or premises for tainted property, search clothing and immediate control property, and may seize property believed on reasonable grounds to be tainted; seizures must be by consent or under a warrant issued under section 63.

If an authorised officer reasonably suspects tainted property exists or may exist within the next seventy two hours in specified locations (on a person; in a person's clothing; in a person's immediate control or possession; or on land or premises).

If an application is made under section 62, the court may issue a warrant authorising an authorised officer to search persons, land or premises and to seize tainted property.

A court must not issue a warrant under subsection (1) where no charge has been filed for the relevant crime unless the court is satisfied that a charge will be filed within 30 days and that the property is tainted.

A warrant issued under section 63 must state the purpose (including reference to the nature of the crime), describe the property authorised to be seized, state when the warrant ceases to be in force, and state whether entry is authorised at any time or only during specified hours.

If an authorised officer seizes property while searching under a warrant, the officer must apply to the court within five days to amend the warrant; the court must amend the warrant if there are reasonable grounds, or order return of the property if grounds are insufficient.

Authorised officers may search persons, enter and search premises, and seize property without a warrant when they reasonably suspect property is tainted and urgent circumstances require immediate action; they must present a sworn statement to court within forty eight hours after the search, entry or seizure.

An authorised officer who seizes property under sections 61–67 must detain it, make a written record, and take reasonable care to preserve it.

A person who claims an interest in property seized under sections 61–67 (when not seized as possible evidence) may apply to the court for an order returning the property if the court is satisfied of certain conditions.

If a foreign State requests assistance to locate or seize property believed to be tainted by a crime in that State, sections 61–69 apply with necessary modifications.

If a person has been charged, is about to be charged, has been convicted of an offence, or is under criminal investigation

An application under section 71 may be made ex parte to the court and must be accompanied by an affidavit that sets out specified information about the crime, the property, the person in possession, grounds for belief the property is tainted or derived from the crime, and, where relevant, grounds about property of another person and likelihood of a confiscation or pecuniary penalty order.

The court may issue a restraining order preventing any person from disposing of specified property and may, on request of an authorised officer and if satisfied the circumstances require, appoint someone to take control of or manage the property.

The court may give directions about disposing of restrained property for specified purposes when making an order under section 73, subject to section 75.

Before making an order under section 73, the court may require the Government of Uganda to give undertakings about payment of damages or costs (or both) related to making and executing the order.

Before making a restraining order the court may require notice be given to, and may hear, any person who appears to have an interest in the property, unless giving notice would cause disappearance, disposal, dissipation or reduction in value of the property.

A copy of the restraining order shall be served on the person affected by the order in such manner as the court directs or as may be prescribed by law.

A copy of a restraining order affecting land must be registered with the Registrar of Titles; such an order does not affect registered land unless it is registered as a charge under the Registration of Titles Act; where particulars are registered under that Act, a person who subsequently deals with the property is deemed to have notice of the order at the time of dealing.

If property subject to a restraining order is disposed of in contravention and not for sufficient consideration or not to a bona fide purchaser, an authorised officer may apply to the court that made the restraining order, and the court may set aside the disposition either from the day it took place or from the day of the order and declare the rights of persons who acquired interests in the meantime.

A restraining order remains in force until it is discharged, revoked or varied; six months after it is made (or a later time the court decides); or a confiscation or pecuniary penalty order is made in respect of the property.

A person with an interest in property subject to a restraining order may apply to the court to review it; the applicant must give the authorised officer at least three working days' written notice; the court must be satisfied of specified ownership/innocence and evidence-related conditions before making an order and has powers to revoke, vary, impose conditions, require recognizance, permit payment of reasonable expenses, and require or hear persons with an interest.

An authorised officer may apply to the court that made a restraining order to extend the order; the court may extend it for a specified period if satisfied that a confiscation order or a pecuniary penalty order may be made.

When a person is convicted the court may order confiscation of tainted property or a pecuniary penalty; applicants and authorized officers may apply to amend or seek additional confiscation orders subject to specified conditions.

When an applicant applies under section 83(2) or (4), the court may order the authorised officer, before final determination, to give written notice (at least 14 days) to persons with an interest, permit interested persons to appear and give evidence, require notice to anyone the court thinks has an interest, and publish notice in the Gazette or a newspaper in Uganda.

Where a person who is under investigation, about to be charged, charged, or convicted dies or absconds, the procedure for a confiscation order applies; a person is deemed to have absconded if reasonable attempts to arrest them under a warrant have been unsuccessful for one year, and they are deemed to have absconded on the last day of that period.

On application and satisfaction that property is tainted, the court may order that the property or part of it be confiscated.

When a court makes a confiscation order, the property vests in the Republic of Uganda (absolute or equitable depending on registrability) and the Republic may be registered as owner; the property must not be disposed of by or on behalf of the Republic before the relevant appeal date except with the court's leave.

The court may set aside transfers or conveyances of property after seizure or service of a restraining order, subject to conditions and exceptions.

A person claiming an interest in property subject to a confiscation order may apply to court; the court must make an order protecting third parties if satisfied of specified conditions; applicants must give at least 14 days written notice to the authorised officer; certain persons who knew of the confiscation application are barred from applying except with leave.

When a confiscation order is discharged, the authorised officer who obtained the order must notify persons believed to have had an interest and, if the court requires, publish a notice; persons claiming prior interests may apply to the court for transfer or compensation; an authorised officer required to transfer property has power to take necessary steps on behalf of Uganda.

If the court finds that property of a person convicted of a crime cannot be made subject to a confiscation order (for reasons listed (a)–(e)), the court may instead order that person to pay the Republic an amount equal to the value of the property.

Where the court is satisfied a convicted person derived benefits from a crime, the court may order the person to pay a pecuniary penalty equal to the assessed value of those benefits (or a lesser certified amount); the court must not make such an order if proceeds have been confiscated or a confiscation order is proposed; the court may reduce or vary the penalty in specified circumstances; a pecuniary penalty is a civil debt enforceable as a judgment debt.

The court must assess the value of benefits a person derived from committing a crime, and in doing so it shall (unless the contrary is proved) deem certain property and receipts to be benefits, treat property held within a specified period (including six years) as proceeds of the crime, exclude benefits already accounted for under a prior pecuniary penalty order, and treat excess increases in property value as at least the benefit unless shown to be unrelated to the crime.

When an authorised officer tenders a statement after conviction, the court may require the convicted person to indicate acceptance of allegations; if the person fails to comply the court may treat non-compliance as acceptance (with specified exceptions); and the court may treat an authorised officer’s acceptance as conclusive for certain determinations.

The amount recovered under a pecuniary penalty order must be the amount the court assesses as the value of the person’s benefit from the crime; the court may issue a certificate about matters relevant to what might be realised and must do so if satisfied the realisable amount is less than its assessed value.

The court may treat property under a person’s effective control as that person’s property when assessing benefits from crime; the court may order investigations of companies and trusts; an authorised officer must give written notice to persons believed to have an interest and may apply to have property declared available to satisfy pecuniary penalty orders.

A pecuniary penalty order is discharged if the conviction relied on is quashed with no substituted conviction, if the order is quashed, or when the order is satisfied by payment of the amount due.

Where a pecuniary penalty order stands (not appealed or discharged) and on application by an authorised officer, the court may appoint a receiver, empower that receiver to take possession and realise realisable property, order persons in possession or holding interests to give possession or make payments, and may transfer, grant or extinguish interests; but the court shall not exercise certain powers in respect of property unless persons holding interests have been given a reasonable opportunity to make representations.

Proceeds and other sums received under a confiscation or pecuniary penalty order are to be applied first to the receiver’s remuneration and expenses, the balance paid or transferred to the Consolidated Fund, and any remaining sums after full payment distributed by the receiver among persons who held realised property in proportions the court directs.

The Minister or the authorised officer may enter into agreements with foreign ministries, departments, public authorities or bodies to collect, use, disclose, exchange or share information outside Uganda or for any purpose under this Act.

Courts and other competent Ugandan authorities must cooperate with foreign courts or competent authorities to assist on money laundering and organised crime matters, including information exchange, joint investigations and measures such as provisional measures, confiscation and extradition, consistent with this Act and relevant international agreements and within Uganda's legal limits.

Ugandan competent authorities may request and provide mutual legal assistance, including actions to identify, trace, freeze, seize or confiscate property, subject to Ugandan law and specified grounds for refusal or postponement.

A Ugandan court may recognise a final foreign judicial order or judgment that provides for confiscation of property (connected to money laundering or other crimes) as evidence that the property may be subject to confiscation under Ugandan law.

The court may, on application by an authorised officer, register and enforce a foreign confiscation order as if it were a Ugandan order if specified conditions are met; persons served with the application have thirty days to object.

On request by a foreign State, the Minister must transfer to it any proceeds or instrumentalities recovered in Uganda.

Uganda competent authorities may request and provide various forms of mutual legal assistance in civil, criminal, or administrative matters involving money laundering and other crimes, including evidence gathering, testimony, searches, and provision of records, subject to Ugandan law and discretion.

Confiscated property must be disposed under regulations; when acting on a request from another State the court or competent authorities may enter agreements and must give priority consideration to returning property to the requesting State (subject to Ugandan law and if requested).

The section sets rules for extradition: some crimes are extraditable, extradition requires punishability in both Uganda and the requesting State, Uganda may apply the section to multiple crimes, certain grounds (including political or humanitarian reasons, immunity, prior judgment, lack of guarantees, or jurisdictional limits) bar extradition, Uganda must refer cases for domestic prosecution if it refuses extradition on those grounds, property and provisional custody measures are subject to Uganda's laws and treaties, and persons subject to proceedings are guaranteed fair treatment.

Uganda must bear costs for complying with mutual assistance requests unless otherwise agreed; Uganda may provide or decline assistance in specified circumstances; Uganda must not decline assistance for bank secrecy or fiscal-matter grounds; requests from another State must be transmitted through diplomatic channels.

A person detained or serving a sentence in Uganda whose presence is requested by another State may be transferred if three conditions are met: the person consents; the competent authorities of Uganda and the requesting State agree (possibly with conditions); and the person receives credit towards their Ugandan sentence for time spent abroad.

A person who engages in any act of money laundering prohibited in section 3 commits an offence.

Employees, officers, directors or agents of accountable persons, and any person, must not inform others (except courts, authorised officers, competent authorities or other persons authorised by law) that information was requested or furnished or that an investigation may be occurring.

It is an offence for a person to falsify, conceal, destroy, dispose of, cause or permit falsification, concealment, destruction or disposal of any document or material relevant to a money laundering investigation or subject to an order under this Act.

An accountable person who, in contravention of section 6(b), carries out any act to give effect to a business relationship or a single transaction commits an offence.

An accountable person must not fail to keep or maintain records of information as required by section 7; doing so is an offence.

An accountable person or its officers or employees who knowingly allow their services to be used to commit or facilitate money laundering in contravention of section 16 commits an offence.

It is an offence for a person to willfully tamper with or willfully destroy a record kept under section 6 except where done in accordance with section 7.

An accountable person who refuses, omits, neglects or fails to give assistance to a representative of the Authority in accordance with section 11 commits an offence.

A person who intentionally fails to report to the Authority the prescribed information in respect of cash transactions, in accordance with section 8, commits an offence.

Intentionally failing to report prescribed information about suspicious or unusual transactions to the Authority within the prescribed period is an offence; negligent failures by persons referred to in section 9 to report similarly also constitute an offence.

A person who intentionally fails to notify, or who intentionally files a false notification to the customs and excise department of the Uganda Revenue Authority about cross-border transportation or sending of currency or negotiable bearer instruments exceeding the prescribed value commits an offence.

Persons referred to in section 10(1)(b) of Part III who fail to send a report about the conveyance of cash to the Authority commit an offence.

A person subject to an order under Part V must not fail to comply without reasonable cause, nor knowingly provide false or misleading information in purported compliance with the order.

A person who intentionally contravenes a restraining order by disposing of or otherwise dealing with property subject to the restraining order commits an offence.

It is an offence for a person to disclose confidential information held by or obtained from the Authority otherwise than in accordance with section 38, to intentionally destroy or tamper with information kept by the Authority for the purposes of this Act, or to use information obtained from the Authority otherwise than in accordance with section 38.

It is an offence for a person to obstruct, hinder or use force, threats or intimidation to interfere with a judge or authorised officer while they are performing duties or exercising powers under this Act.

It is an offence for a person to use force, threats, intimidation, or to offer an undue advantage to induce false testimony or to interfere with testimony or evidence in proceedings under this Act.

It is an offence for a person to carry out transactions to avoid triggering a reporting duty, and it is an offence for an accountable person to fail to take reasonable steps to secure compliance with the Act or to fail to do anything required by the Act.

It is an offence for a person to willfully access, cause access to, or cause a computer system under the Authority's control to perform or fail to perform a function, without authority.

It is an offence for a person who, without authority, willfully modifies, destroys, erases or otherwise impairs a computer system, its applications or data belonging to or under the control of the Authority.

Sets penalties for offences: natural persons may face imprisonment up to fifteen years or fines up to one hundred thousand currency points; legal persons fines up to two hundred thousand currency points; special rules and lower maxima apply to offences in sections 117–135; continuing offences attract daily fines.

A person who is an employee, director, trustee or partner of an accountable person may raise specified defences when charged with an offence under section 126.

The Act does not detract from investigating authorities' powers to obtain information for criminal investigations, or from supervisory bodies' duties or powers over the entities they supervise or regulate.

The Minister may amend the First and Second Schedules by statutory instrument (Second Schedule amendments require Parliament's approval), may add, delete or make technical changes to the Second Schedule for specified reasons, and must consult the Board before certain Second Schedule amendments.

The Authority, its employees or representatives, and other persons exercising functions or powers under the Act are exempt from liability for acts done in good faith to further the Act's objectives.

The Minister may make regulations, on the advice of the Board, to carry any provision of the Act into effect.