About this webinar and what the programme includes

The Financial Intelligence Centre Act (the FICA), as amended, requires amongst other that attorneys practising for their own account and incorporated legal practices must identify, assess, monitor, mitigate and manage the risks of legal services in relation to facilitating money laundering activities or the financing of terrorist and related activities or combating the proliferation of financing activities.

In doing so, legal practitioners practising attorneys and incorporated legal practices  are required to develop, document, maintain and implement a Risk Management and Compliance Programme (RMCP) with appropriate controls and measures. It is imperative for practitioners and employees who directly and indirectly engage with clients understand the risks and implement the controls and measures introduced in the RMCP. Non-compliance will have adverse implications for the practitioner, practice and public.

In its Public Compliance Communication No. 53 (PCC) the FIC specifically recommends that training should be provided to all employees and that evidence of the training should be retained. You will benefit from this webinar by being informed of the key FICA-compliance requirements to operate a legal practice.

Course content

•    What is FICA?
•    Registration requirements in terms of FICA
•    What is a risk-based approach?
•    What is a Risk and Compliance Management Programme
•    FiC audits and the Legal firms
•    Responsibilities of the FICA Officer

Presenter

Alta van der Walt obtained her BA Business Management degree at Griffiths University and worked as a practice manager for more than 25 years. Good business practices and business management is her passion. Ms van der Walt also lectured for the Law Society of South Africa’s Legal Education and Development (LEAD) division for almost 16 years.

What previous delegates said

•    By far the best practical session on FICA I have attended. Much better than what any other institution has presented.
•    That draft RMCP will assist a lot of practitioners to become compliant.
•    Extremely informative – Thank you Alta and LEAD.
•    The seminar was insightful and very beneficial to me.
•    Thank you for providing us with this informative webinar
•    This was great and very informative.
•    Excellent, I would redo this course every 6 months to ensure that everything is still current.

•    Key individuals or the FICA Officer or person appointed to oversee and manage compliance in terms of the FICA.
•    Legal practitioners and all staff from law firms

Registration fee categories (including VAT):

•    Practising legal practitioners and other staff from legal firms: R1 200 per person.
•    Non-practising legal practitioners/others: R1 800 per person.

Kindly note that registrations are done online. For certification purposes, participants should register individually, using their own email address. This will enable the system to generate a unique username and password for each person.

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E-mail: Yolanda@LSSALEAD.org.za  |  Tel No (012) 441 4652

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Key information

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·         The course is presented in English only.

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LEAD is one of the largest providers of legal and professional education in South Africa and has been accredited as a legal education provider by the Legal Practice Council.. LEAD provides access to quality learning that is relevant, accessible and affordable. LEAD offers an extensive range of learning activities and training options.