Maryna holds the BA, LLB, LLM degrees and is a Director at the Cape Town branch of STBB. She is an admitted Attorney, Notary Public, Conveyancer and Insolvency Practitioner with many years of experience in the fields of property law, conveyancing and the laws relating to corporate compliance (especially in respect of the FICA and POPIA laws). Up until 2018 she was also head of the firm’s national marketing portfolio. She is a seasoned public speaker and presenter, both in person and online. She prepares text for the majority of STBB’s internal and external publications and is editor and co-writer for two pivotal publications in the South African real estate industry – the ABC of Conveyancing (JUTA) and Delport’s South African Property Law and Practice (JUTA).

Newsflash | FIC’S Directive 6 deadline looms

In March this year, the Financial Intelligence Centre (‘the FIC’) issued Directive 6 which required of estate agents (and other accountable institutions) to complete the Risk and Compliance questionnaire enclosed in the Directive and submit it to the FIC. Compliance is obligatory.

The FIC extended the initial deadline of 31 May 2023 to August 2023. However, as it appears that many had still not completed the questionnaire, the FIC issued a note on 5 October providing a final deadline by which to complete and submit the report, being 17h00 on 13 October. If you have already submitted your Directive 6 Risk and Compliance Return, you need not do anything more at present. However if you have not yet submitted it, you must attend thereto urgently as the failure to submit before this time will result in an administrative sanction and the non-compliant business may also face a financial penalty.

If you need to contact the FIC with questions, the 5 October Sanction Note provides a contact number and/or this Query link.

You are also welcome to contact our Compliance Team at info@stbb.co.za should you have remaining enquiries.

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