UK MLR 2017 for Estate and Letting Agents - Advanced

Property & Real Estate - Regulatory compliance
This course is for the principals, MLROs and Nominated Officers who own the firm's AML programme - the branch owners, group MLROs, and AML compliance leads whose names sit on the BOOM register. It teaches how to build and defend a firm-wide risk assessment HMRC will accept, write policies and controls that survive an inspection, run sanctions and PEP screening as a permanent control, manage an HMRC inspection without losing your fit-and-proper status, and embed training and culture across the branches.

By the end, you will be able to author and defend a firm-wide risk assessment, draft the five mandatory policies and controls HMRC inspects, evidence sanctions and PEP screening as a permanent control, run an inspection-day playbook that protects every officer on the BOOM register, and design a training-and-culture programme that produces auditable compliance every working day - every step traceable to MLR 2017.

Access

Self-Paced Learning

Lessons

9 Lessons

Certification

Certificate of Completion

Price

€300
Learning Objectives
Course Benefits
Modules
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Author a firm-wide risk assessment under MLR 2017 Regulation 18 that HMRC will accept on inspection
  • Draft the policies, controls, and procedures HMRC inspects under Regulations 19, 21, and 24
  • Embed sanctions and PEP screening as a permanent, evidenced control across every matter and every branch
  • Run an HMRC inspection day with documents, narrative, and senior-management evidence ready
  • Design and evidence a training-and-culture programme that produces auditable compliance every working day
  • Defend the BOOM register - protect the fit-and-proper status of every beneficial owner, officer, and manager
Benefits for the Organisation

  • Build the firm-wide risk assessment HMRC inspects first - documented, dated, and signed by the principal
  • Stand up the five mandatory policies and controls (CDD, EDD, ongoing monitoring, internal SAR, record-keeping) HMRC asks for by name
  • Evidence sanctions and PEP screening as a permanent control - not a one-off check
  • Walk into an HMRC inspection with the inspection-day binder, narrative, and senior-management evidence ready
  • Protect every name on the BOOM register from a fit-and-proper challenge

Benefits for Learners

  • Author a firm-wide risk assessment that survives HMRC scrutiny
  • Draft policies and procedures HMRC reads first - and write them so a new joiner can follow them
  • Run the inspection-day playbook: open the door, hand over the binder, narrate the programme
  • Hold the line on sanctions and PEPs - across every branch, every working day
  • Build a training-and-culture programme that produces compliance, not just records of training

Lesson 1: Welcome to the Principal's Chair

Lesson 2: The Firm-Wide Risk Assessment, Defended
Author the firm-wide risk assessment under MLR 2017 Regulation 18. Score the firm's exposure across client, geography, product, and channel risk, document the mitigations, and produce the dated, signed document HMRC asks for first.

Lesson 3: Policies, Controls, and Procedures That Survive an Inspection
Draft the five mandatory policies and controls under MLR 2017 Regulations 19, 21, and 24 - CDD, EDD, ongoing monitoring, internal SAR, and record-keeping. Write them so a new joiner can follow them, and so an HMRC inspector can audit them.

Lesson 4: Sanctions and PEP Screening as a Permanent Control
Run sanctions and PEP screening as a permanent control across every matter and every branch. Apply the OFSI absolute prohibition and the MLR 2017 Regulation 35 enhanced due diligence trigger, and route each kind of hit correctly.

Lesson 5: When HMRC Knocks
Manage an HMRC inspection from the moment the supervisor calls. Open the inspection-day binder, narrate the programme, evidence the five controls, and protect every name on the BOOM register from a fit-and-proper challenge.

Lesson 6: Training, Culture, and Continuous Improvement
Design a training-and-culture programme that produces compliance every working day - not just records of training. Evidence frequency, content, and effectiveness, and run the continuous-improvement loop HMRC expects.

Lesson 7: Resources and References
Take away a working reference library: the legislation, the enforcement cases, the official videos and webinars, and the further reading behind every lesson in the course.

Lesson 8: Final Assessment

Lesson 9: Provide Feedback and Claim Certificate

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Course FAQ's

Who is this course for?

Principals, MLROs, Nominated Officers, branch owners, group MLROs and AML compliance leads at UK estate and letting agency firms - the people whose names sit on the BOOM register and who answer to HMRC when the inspector arrives. It builds the programme-ownership skills on top of the Foundations and Intermediate courses.A working knowledge of the MLR 2017 basics and day-to-day due diligence is assumed.

Where and when can I take this course?

The course can be taken at any time and from any internet-connected device.

Do I need prior knowledge or experience?

This is an advanced-level course for principals, MLROs and Nominated Officers. It assumes you already know the MLR 2017 basics and the day-to-day due-diligence work - ideally from Course 1 (Foundations) and Course 2 (Intermediate) - and focuses on building and defending the firm's AML programme. Each concept is grounded in worked HMRC inspection findings and enforcement cases.

Can this course be used for company-wide training?

Yes. This course is designed for the principals, MLROs and Nominated Officers responsible for the firm's AML programme, and can be rolled out across senior management and branch leadership.

Do I get a discount if I buy multiple seats for this course?

Yes. Please contact us and we will issue a quote according to your needs.

Will managers be able to track progress and completion?

Yes. Branch managers and administrators can track learner progress, completion rates, and assessment performance across the course.

This gives clear visibility on engagement and outcomes, making it easier to monitor participation, support staff where needed, and evidence completed AML training to your HMRC supervisor.

Is this course part of a larger anti-money-laundering programme?

Yes. This is Course 3 of the Auren MLR 2017 for Estate and Letting Agents bundle - the Advanced course, for the principals, MLROs and Nominated Officers who own the firm's AML programme. It builds on Course 1 (Foundations), the awareness floor every person in the branch sits on, and Course 2 (Intermediate), for the staff who actively conduct due diligence and write internal reports.All three courses in the bundle can be taken as stand-alone courses.