Commentary on Sections Offences Section 332: Failure to disclose: other nominated officers
486.Section 332 creates an offence where a nominated officer who receives a report under section 337 or 338 (in other words, a disclosure in relation to one of the principal money laundering offences or a voluntary disclosure) which causes him to know or suspect that money laundering is taking place does not disclose that report as soon as practicable after the information comes to him. The nominated officer is required to disclose to the National Criminal Intelligence Service in the form prescribed by section 339. This clause applies to nominated officers both in the regulated sector and outside the regulated sector.