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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 - SECT 338

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    In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"abscond" has the meaning given by section   334.

"account" means any facility or arrangement through which a * financial institution accepts deposits or allows withdrawals and includes:

  (a)   a facility or arrangement for:

  (i)   a * fixed term deposit; or

  (ii)   a safety deposit box; and

  (b)   a credit card account; and

  (c)   a loan account (other than a credit card account); and

  (d)   an account held in the form of units in:

  (i)   a cash management trust; or

  (ii)   a trust of a kind prescribed by the regulations; and

  (e)   a closed account.

To avoid doubt, it is immaterial whether:

  (f)   an account has a nil balance; or

  (g)   any transactions have been allowed in relation to an account.

"adoption Act" has the meaning given by subsection   14C(11).

"advantage" includes financial advantage.

Note:   See also the definition of financial advantage .

"affairs" of a person includes, but is not limited to:

  (a)   the nature and location of property of the person or property in which the person has an interest; and

  (b)   any activities of the person that are, or may be, relevant to whether or not the person has engaged in unlawful activity of a kind relevant to the making of an order under this Act.

"AFP member" means a member, or special member, (within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 ) of the Australian Federal Police.

"agent" includes, if the agent is a corporation, the * officers and agents of the corporation.

"amendment reference" has the meaning given by subsection   14C(4).

"appropriate officer" means the * DPP or a person included in a class of persons declared by the regulations to be within this definition.

"approved examiner" has the meaning given by subsection   183(4).

"associated GST entity" means an entity (within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 ) that has entered into an arrangement with the * Official Trustee under section   153 - 50 of that Act.

"AUSTRAC" means the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre continued in existence by the Anti - Money Laundering and Counter - Terrorism Financing Act 2006 .

"Australia" , when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

"authorised officer" means:

  (a)   any of the following, if authorised by the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police:

  (i)   an * AFP member;

  (ii)   an AFP employee within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 ;

  (iii)   an employee of an authority of a State or Territory, or an authority of the Commonwealth, within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 , while he or she is assisting the Australian Federal Police in the performance of its functions under an agreement under section   69D of that Act; or

  (aa)   any of the following:

  (i)   the National Anti - Corruption Commissioner (within the meaning of the National Anti - Corruption Commission Act 2022 );

  (ii)   a National Anti - Corruption Deputy Commissioner (within the meaning of that Act);

  (iii)   another staff member of the NACC (within the meaning of that Act) who is authorised in writing by the National Anti - Corruption Commissioner for the purposes of this paragraph; or

  (b)   any of the following:

  (i)   the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission;

  (ii)   an examiner (within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 ) who is authorised by the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission;

  (iii)   a member of the staff of the ACC (within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 ) who is authorised by the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission; or

  (c)   a person who is an APS employee in the * Immigration and Border Protection Department and who is authorised by the * Comptroller - General of Customs; or

  (d)   a member, or staff member, (within the meaning of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 ) of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission who is authorised by the Chairperson of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; or

  (e)   a member, officer or employee of any other agency specified in the regulations who is authorised by the head of that agency.

"authorised State/Territory officer" has the meaning given in subclause   1(2) of Schedule   1.

"bankruptcy court" means a court having jurisdiction in bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Act 1966 .

"bankruptcy property" of a person means property that:

  (a)   is vested in another person under subsection   58(1) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 but immediately before being so vested was:

  (i)   property of the person; or

  (ii)   subject to the * effective control of the person; or

  (b)   is vested in another person under subsection   249(1) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 but immediately before being so vested was:

  (i)   property of the person's estate; or

  (ii)   subject to the effective control of the executors of the person's estate.

"benefit" includes service or advantage.

Note:   See also the definition of advantage .

"books" includes any account, deed, paper, writing or document and any record of information however compiled, recorded or stored, whether in writing, on microfilm, by electronic process or otherwise.

"charged" : a person is charged with an offence if an information is laid against the person for the offence whether or not:

  (a)   a summons to require the attendance of the person to answer the information has been issued; or

  (b)   a warrant for the arrest of the person has been issued.

"child" : without limiting who is a child of a person for the purposes of this Act, someone is the child of a person if he or she is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975 .

"COAG Reform Fund" means the COAG Reform Fund established by section   5 of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 .

"compensation order" means an order made under subsection   77(1).

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

"Confiscated Assets Account" means the account established under section   295.

"confiscation order" means a * forfeiture order, a * pecuniary penalty order, a * literary proceeds order or an * unexplained wealth order.

"controlled property" has the meaning given by section   267.

Note 1:   Section   267A alters the meaning of this term for the purposes of Division   3 of Part   4 - 1.

Note 2:   Section   267AA alters the meaning of this term for the purposes of Division   2 of Part   4 - 1.

Note 3:   Section   267AB alters the meaning of this term for the purposes of Division   3 of Part   4 - 1 and sections   289 and 290.

"conveyance" includes an aircraft, vehicle or vessel.

"convicted" has the meaning given by section   331.

"conviction day" has the meaning given by section   333.

"cooperating State" has the meaning given by subsections   14F(1), (2) and (3).

"corresponding law" means a law of a State or of a * self - governing Territory that is declared by the regulations to be a law that corresponds to this Act.

"criminal proceeding" , in relation to a * foreign serious offence, has the same meaning as in the * Mutual Assistance Act.

"Customs officer" means an officer of Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 .

"data" includes:

  (a)   information in any form; or

  (b)   any program (or part of a program).

"data held in a computer" includes:

  (a)   * data held in any removable * data storage device for the time being held in a computer; or

  (b)   data held in a data storage device on a computer network of which the computer forms a part.

"data storage device" means a thing containing, or designed to contain, * data for use by a computer.

"deal" : dealing with a person's property includes:

  (a)   if a debt is owed to that person--making a payment to any person in reduction of the amount of the debt; and

  (b)   removing the property from * Australia; and

  (c)   receiving or making a gift of the property; and

  (d)   if the property is covered by a * restraining order -- engaging in a transaction that has the direct or indirect effect of reducing the value of the person's interest in the property.

"de facto partner" has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

"dependant" : each of the following is a dependant of a person:

  (a)   the person's spouse or * de   facto   partner;

  (b)   the person's * child, or member of the person's household, who depends on the person for support.

"derived" has the meaning given by section   336.

"director" , in relation to a * financial institution or a corporation, means:

  (a)   if the institution or corporation is a body corporate incorporated for a public purpose by a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory--a constituent member of the body corporate; and

  (b)   any person occupying or acting in the position of director of the institution or corporation, by whatever name called and whether or not validly appointed to occupy or duly authorised to act in the position; and

  (c)   any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the institution or corporation are accustomed to act, other than when those directors only do so:

  (i)   in the proper performance of the functions attaching to the person's professional capacity; or

  (ii)   in their business relationship with the person.

"DPP" means the Director of Public Prosecutions.

"effective control" has a meaning affected by section   337.

"encumbrance" , in relation to property, includes any * interest, mortgage, charge, right, claim or demand in respect of the property.

"enforcement agency" means:

  (a)   an agency mentioned in paragraphs   (a) to (d) of the definition of * authorised officer; or

  (b)   an agency specified in the regulations to be a law enforcement, revenue or regulatory agency for the purposes of this Act.

"entitled" , in relation to an * input tax credit, includes notionally entitled to the input tax credit.

"equitable sharing program" has the meaning given by subsection   296(4).

"evidential material" means evidence relating to:

  (a)   property in respect of which action has been or could be taken under this Act; or

  (b)   * benefits derived from the commission of an * indictable offence, a * foreign indictable offence or an * indictable offence of Commonwealth concern; or

  (c)   * literary proceeds.

"examination" means an examination under Part   3 - 1.

"examination notice" means a notice given under section   183.

"examination order" means an order made under section   180, 180A, 180B, 180C, 180D, 180E, 181, 181A or 181B that is in force.

"exclusion order" means an order made under subsection   73(1).

"executing officer" , in relation to a warrant, means:

  (a)   the * authorised officer named in the warrant by the magistrate as being responsible for executing the warrant; or

  (b)   if that authorised officer does not intend to be present at the execution of the warrant--another authorised officer whose name has been written in the warrant by the first authorised officer; or

  (c)   another authorised officer whose name has been written in the warrant by the officer last named in the warrant.

"executive officer" , in relation to a * financial institution or a corporation, means any person, by whatever name called and whether or not he or she is a * director of the institution or corporation, who is concerned, or takes part, in the management of the institution or corporation.

"express amendment" has the meaning given by subsection   14C(11).

"extension order" means an order made under section   93.

"financial advantage" includes the avoidance, deferral or reduction of a debt, loss or liability.

"financial institution" means:

  (a)   a body corporate that is an ADI for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 ; or

  (b)   the Reserve Bank of Australia; or

  (c)   a society registered or incorporated as a co - operative housing society or similar society under a law of a State or Territory; or

  (d)   a person who carries on State banking within the meaning of paragraph   51(xiii) of the Constitution; or

  (e)   a body corporate that is a financial corporation within the meaning of paragraph   51(xx) of the Constitution; or

  (f)   a body corporate that, if it had been incorporated in * Australia, would be a financial corporation within the meaning of paragraph   51(xx) of the Constitution; or

  (g)   a trading corporation (within the meaning of paragraph   51(xx) of the Constitution) that carries on a business of operating a casino; or

  (h)   a trading corporation (within the meaning of paragraph   51(xx) of the Constitution) that is a * totalisator agency board.

"fixed term deposit" means an interest bearing deposit lodged for a fixed period.

"foreign deferred prosecution agreement" means an agreement that:

  (a)   is between a person and a competent authority of a foreign country; and

  (b)   provides for the indefinite deferral of the prosecution of the person for an offence against a law of the foreign country, so long as the conditions set out in the agreement are met.

"foreign forfeiture order" has the same meaning as in the * Mutual Assistance Act.

"foreign indictable offence" has the meaning given by section   337A.

"foreign pecuniary penalty order" has the same meaning as in the * Mutual Assistance Act.

"foreign restraining order" has the same meaning as in the * Mutual Assistance Act.

"foreign serious offence" has the same meaning as in the * Mutual Assistance Act.

"forfeiture order" means an order made under Division   1 of Part   2 - 2 that is in force.

"freezing order" means an order under section   15B, with any variations under section   15Q.

"frisk search" means:

  (a)   a search of a person conducted by quickly running the hands over the person's outer garments; and

  (b)   an examination of anything worn or carried by the person that is conveniently and voluntarily removed by the person.

"GST" has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 .

"Immigration and Border Protection Department" means the Department administered by the Minister administering Part   XII of the Customs Act 1901 .

"improvements" to property or * wealth includes additions to, altering, repairing, restoring, structuring, restructuring, or any other change to the whole or part of the property or * wealth (whether or not it results in an increase in value of the property or wealth).

"indictable offence" means an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, or a * non - governing Territory, that may be dealt with as an indictable offence (even if it may also be dealt with as a summary offence in some circumstances).

"indictable offence of Commonwealth concern" means an offence against a law of a State or a * self - governing Territory:

  (a)   that may be dealt on indictment (even if it may also be dealt with as a summary offence in some circumstances); and

  (b)   the * proceeds of which were (or were attempted to have been) dealt with in contravention of a law of the Commonwealth on:

  (i)   importation of goods into, or exportation of goods from, * Australia; or

  (ii)   a communication using a postal, telegraphic or telephonic service within the meaning of paragraph   51(v) of the Constitution; or

  (iii)   a transaction in the course of banking (other than State banking that does not extend beyond the limits of the State concerned).

"information gathering" :

  (a)   in relation to the * amendment reference of a State--has the meaning given by section   14E; and

  (b)   otherwise--has its ordinary meaning.

"input tax credit" has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 .

"instrument" has the meaning given by sections   329 and 330.

"interest" , in relation to property or a thing, means:

  (a)   a legal or equitable estate or interest in the property or thing; or

  (b)   a right, power or privilege in connection with the property or thing;

whether present or future and whether vested or contingent.

Note:   For references to an interest in property of a person who has died, see subsection   325(2).

"International Criminal Court" has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code .

"International War Crimes Tribunal" means a Tribunal (within the meaning of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 ).

"interstate forfeiture order" means an order that is made under a * corresponding law and is of a kind declared by the regulations to be within this definition.

"interstate indictable offence" means an offence against a law of a State or a * self - governing Territory, being an offence in relation to which an * interstate forfeiture order or an * interstate pecuniary penalty order may be made under a * corresponding law of that State or Territory.

"interstate pecuniary penalty order" means an order that is made under a * corresponding law and is of a kind declared by the regulations to be within this definition.

"interstate restraining order" means an order that is made under a * corresponding law and is of a kind declared by the regulations to be within this definition.

"lawfully acquired" has a meaning affected by section   336A.

"lawyer" means a duly qualified legal practitioner.

"legal aid commission" means an authority established by or under a law of a State or a * self - governing Territory for the purpose of providing legal assistance.

"legal professional privilege" includes privilege under Division   1 of Part   3.10 of the Evidence Act 1995 .

"liability to pay GST" includes notional liability to pay GST.

"literary proceeds" has the meaning given by section   153.

"literary proceeds amount" has the meaning given by subsection   158(1).

"literary proceeds order" means an order made under section   152 that is in force.

"main machinery and transitional provisions" has the meaning given by paragraph   14B(5)(a).

"main unexplained wealth provisions" has the meaning given by subsection   14B(3).

"monitoring order" means an order made under section   219 that is in force.

"Mutual Assistance Act" means the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 .

"Mutual Assistance Department" means the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Mutual Assistance Act.

"narcotic substance" means:

  (a)   a narcotic substance within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ; or

  (b)   a substance specified in the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

"national cooperative scheme on unexplained wealth" has the meaning given by subsection   297A(1).

"national unexplained wealth provisions" has the meaning given by subsection   14B(2).

"NCSUW agreement" has the meaning given by subsection   297A(2).

"non-governing Territory" means a Territory that is not a * self - governing Territory.

"non-participating State" means a State that is not a * participating State.

"officer" , in relation to a * financial institution or a corporation, means a * director, secretary, * executive officer or employee.

"Official Trustee" means the Official Trustee in Bankruptcy.

"ordinary search" means a search of a person or of articles in the possession of a person that may include:

  (a)   requiring the person to remove his or her overcoat, coat or jacket and any gloves, shoes and hat; and

  (b)   an examination of those items.

"parent" : without limiting who is a parent of a person for the purposes of this Act, someone is the parent of a person if the person is his or her child because of the definition of child in this section.

"participating jurisdiction information gathering provisions" has the meaning given by subsection   14B(4).

"participating State" has the meaning given by subsections   14C(1), (7), (8), (9) and (10).

"pecuniary penalty order" means an order made under section   116 that is in force.

"penalty amount" has the meaning given by subsection   121(1).

"person assisting" , in relation to a * search warrant, means:

  (a)   a person who is an * authorised officer and who is assisting in executing the warrant; or

  (b)   a person who is not an authorised officer and who has been authorised by the relevant * executing officer to assist in executing the warrant.

"person's property" : a person's property includes property in respect of which the person has the beneficial interest.

"petition" means a petition under the Bankruptcy Act 1966 .

"police officer" means:

  (a)   an * AFP member; or

  (b)   a member of the police force of a State or Territory.

"post-amended version 1 of this Act" has the meaning given by subsection   14C(5).

"post-amended version 2 of this Act" has the meaning given by subsection   14C(6).

"pre-amended version of this Act" has the meaning given by subsection   14C(11).

"preliminary unexplained wealth order" , in relation to a person, means an order under section   179B requiring the person to appear before a court.

"premises" includes:

  (a)   any land; and

  (b)   any structure, building, aircraft, vehicle, vessel or place (whether built on or not); and

  (c)   any part of such a structure, building, aircraft, vehicle, vessel or place.

"principal order" means any of the following orders:

  (a)   a * restraining order;

  (b)   a * forfeiture order;

  (c)   a * pecuniary penalty order;

  (d)   a * literary proceeds order;

  (e)   an * unexplained wealth order.

"proceeds" has the meaning given by sections   329 and 330.

"proceeds jurisdiction" has the meaning given by section   335.

"proceeds of confiscated assets" has the meaning given by subsection   296(3).

"proceeds of crime authority" means:

  (a)   the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; or

  (b)   the * DPP.

Note 1:   Section   69C of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 provides for the delegation of the functions, powers and duties of the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police under this Act.

Note 2:   Section   31 of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 provides for the delegation of the functions of the DPP.

Note 3:   If an application for a principal order, or a principal order, has already been made, the proceeds of crime authority responsible for the application or the order is referred to as the responsible authority (see the definition in this section).

"production order" means an order made under subsection   202(1), or subclause   1(1) of Schedule   1, that is in force.

"professional confidential relationship privilege" means privilege under Division   1A of Part   3.10 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) or a similar law of a State or Territory.

"property" means real or personal property of every description, whether situated in * Australia or elsewhere and whether tangible or intangible, and includes an * interest in any such real or personal property.

"property-tracking document" has the meaning given in subsection   202(5).

"quashed" has the meaning given by section   332.

"referral Act" has the meaning given by subsection   14C(11).

"registrable property" means property title to which is passed by registration on a register kept pursuant to a provision of any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.

"registration authority" , in relation to property of a particular kind, means:

  (a)   an authority responsible for administering a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory providing for registration of title to, or charges over, property of that kind; or

  (b)   the Registrar of Personal Property Securities, if the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 provides for the registration of data in relation to that kind of personal property for the purposes of paragraph   148(c) of that Act.

Note:   The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 provides for the registration of such data if regulations are made for the purposes of paragraph   148(c) of that Act.

"related offence" : an offence is a related offence in relation to another offence if the physical elements of the 2 offences are:

  (a)   substantially the same acts or omissions; or

  (b)   acts or omissions in a single series.

"relevant law 1" has the meaning given by subsection   14C(11).

"relevant law 2" has the meaning given by subsection   14C(11).

"relevant offence" of a * participating State means an offence of a kind that is specified by the * referral Act or * adoption Act of the State.

"responsible authority" , in relation to an application for a * principal order, or a principal order, or to an application, proceedings, function, order, power or duty related to, or arising out of, such an application or order, means:

  (a)   in the case of an application for a principal order:

  (i)   the * proceeds of crime authority that made the application; or

  (ii)   if responsibility for the application has been transferred under section   315B--the proceeds of crime authority to which responsibility has been transferred (or has been latest transferred) under that section; or

  (b)   in the case of a principal order:

  (i)   the proceeds of crime authority that made the application for the order; or

  (ii)   if responsibility for that application, or the order, has been transferred under section   315B--the proceeds of crime authority to which responsibility has been transferred (or has been latest transferred) under that section.

Note 1:   The proceeds of crime authority is the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, or the DPP (see the definition of proceeds of crime authority in this section). Either authority may start and conduct proceedings under this Act.

Note 2:   Section   315B provides that responsibility for an application for a principal order, or for a principal order, may be transferred between the 2 proceeds of crime authorities.

"responsible custodian" has the meaning given by subsection   254(2).

"restraining order" means an order under section   17, 18, 19, 20 or 20A that is in force.

"search warrant" means a warrant issued under section   225 that is in force.

"self-governing Territory" means:

  (a)   the Australian Capital Territory; or

  (b)   the Northern Territory.

"senior Departmental officer" means an SES employee or acting SES employee in the Department.

"serious offence" means:

  (a)   an * indictable offence punishable by imprisonment for 3 or more years, involving:

  (i)   unlawful conduct relating to a * narcotic substance; or

  (ia)   unlawful conduct constituted by or relating to a breach of Part   9.1 of the Criminal Code (serious drug offences); or

  (ii)   unlawful conduct constituted by or relating to a breach of section   81 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 or Part   10.2 of the Criminal Code (money - laundering); or

  (iii)   unlawful conduct by a person that causes, or is intended to cause, a * benefit to the value of at least $10,000 for that person or another person; or

  (iv)   unlawful conduct by a person that causes, or is intended to cause, a loss to the Commonwealth or another person of at least $10,000; or

  (aa)   unlawful conduct by a person that consists of an indictable offence (the 3 year offence ) punishable by imprisonment for 3 or more years and one or more other indictable offences that, taken together with the 3 year offence, constitute a series of offences:

  (i)   that are founded on the same facts or are of a similar character; and

  (ii)   that cause, or are intended to cause, a benefit to the value of at least $10,000 for that person or another person, or a loss to the Commonwealth or another person of at least $10,000; or

  (b)   an offence against any of the following provisions of the Migration Act 1958 :

  (i)   section   233A (offence of people smuggling);

  (ii)   section   233B (people smuggling involving danger of death or serious harm etc.);

  (iii)   section   233C (people smuggling at least 5 people);

  (iv)   section   233D (supporting the offence of people smuggling);

  (v)   subsection   233E(1) or (2) (concealing non - citizens etc.);

  (vi)   section   234A (false documents etc. relating to at least 5 non - citizens);

  (c)   an offence against any of the following provisions of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 involving a transaction of at least $50,000 in value:

  (i)   section   15 (reports about transfers of currency into or out of Australia); or

  (ii)   section   29 (false or misleading information); or

  (d)   an offence against section   24 (opening accounts etc. in false names) of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 if transactions on the relevant account total at least $50,000 in value during any 6 month period; or

  (e)   an offence against section   31 (conducting transactions to avoid reporting requirements) of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 if transactions in breach of that section by the person committing the offence total at least $50,000 in value during any 6 month period; or

  (ea)   an offence against any of the following sections of the Anti - Money Laundering and Counter - Terrorism Financing Act 2006 involving a transaction of at least $50,000 in value:

  (i)   section   53 (reports about movements of monetary instruments into or out of Australia);

  (ii)   former section   59 (reports about movements of bearer negotiable instruments into or out of Australia);

  (iii)   section   136 (false or misleading information);

  (iv)   section   137 (false or misleading documents); or

  (eb)   an offence against any of the following sections of the Anti - Money Laundering and Counter - Terrorism Financing Act 2006 :

  (i)   section   139 (providing a designated service using a false customer name or customer anonymity);

  (ii)   section   140 (receiving a designated service using a false customer name or customer anonymity);

  (iii)   section   141 (non - disclosure of other name by which customer is commonly known);

    if:

  (iv)   the customer concerned had an account in relation to the provision of the designated service concerned; and

  (v)   transactions on the account total at least $50,000 in value during any 6 month period beginning after the commencement of Part   12 of that Act; or

  (ec)   an offence against either of the following sections of the Anti - Money Laundering and Counter - Terrorism Financing Act 2006 :

  (i)   section   142 (conducting transactions so as to avoid reporting requirements relating to threshold transactions);

  (ii)   section   143 (conducting transfers so as to avoid reporting requirements relating to cross - border movements of physical currency);

    if transactions in breach of that section by the person committing the offence total at least $50,000 in value during any 6 month period; or

  (ed)   an offence against either of the following sections of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 :

  (i)   section   44ZZRF (making a contract etc. containing a cartel provision);

  (ii)   section   44ZZRG (giving effect to a cartel provision); or

  (f)   a * terrorism offence; or

  (g)   an offence against section   11.1, 11.2, 11.2A, 11.4 or 11.5 of the Criminal Code or former section   5, 7, 7A or 86 of the Crimes Act 1914 (extensions of criminal responsibility) in relation to an offence referred to in this definition; or

  (ga)   an offence against section   195, 196 or 197A that relates to an * examination of a person who is the subject of an * examination order under section   180, if the person committing the offence:

  (i)   is covered by paragraph   180(1)(a) or (b); or

  (ii)   is or was a party to proceedings relating to the * restraining order mentioned in section   180; or

  (gb)   an offence against section   195, 196 or 197A that relates to an examination of a person who is the subject of an examination order under section   180A, if the person committing the offence:

  (i)   is covered by paragraph   180A(1)(a); or

  (ii)   is or was a party to proceedings relating to the relevant application mentioned in section   180A; or

  (gc)   an offence against section   195, 196 or 197A that relates to an examination of a person who is the subject of an examination order under section   180B, if the person committing the offence:

  (i)   is covered by paragraph   180B(1)(a); or

  (ii)   is or was a party to proceedings relating to the relevant application mentioned in section   180B; or

  (gd)   an offence against section   195, 196 or 197A that relates to an examination of a person who is the subject of an examination order under section   180C, if the person committing the offence:

  (i)   is covered by paragraph   180C(1)(a); or

  (ii)   is or was a party to proceedings relating to the application mentioned in section   180C; or

  (ge)   an offence against section   195, 196 or 197A that relates to an examination of a person who is the subject of an examination order under section   180D, if the person committing the offence:

  (i)   is covered by paragraph   180D(1)(a); or

  (ii)   is or was a party to proceedings relating to the * confiscation order mentioned in section   180D; or

  (gf)   an offence against section   195, 196 or 197A that relates to an examination of a person who is the subject of an examination order under section   180E, if the person committing the offence:

  (i)   is covered by paragraph   180E(1)(a); or

  (ii)   is or was a party to proceedings relating to the revocation mentioned in section   180E; or

  (gg)   an offence against section   195, 196 or 197A that relates to an examination of a person who is the subject of an examination order under section   181, if the person committing the offence:

  (i)   is covered by paragraph   181(1)(a) or (b); or

  (ii)   is or was a party to proceedings relating to the relevant application mentioned in section   181; or

  (gh)   an offence against section   195, 196 or 197A that relates to an * examination of a person who is the subject of an * examination order under section   181A, if the person committing the offence:

  (i)   is covered by paragraph   181A(1)(a), (b) or (c); or

  (ii)   is or was a party to proceedings relating to the application mentioned in section   181A; or

  (gi)   an offence against section   195, 196 or 197A that relates to an examination of a person who is the subject of an examination order under section   181B, if the person committing the offence:

  (i)   is covered by paragraph   181B(1)(a) or (b); or

  (ii)   is or was a party to proceedings relating to the application mentioned in section   181B; or

  (h)   an indictable offence specified in the regulations.

"special confiscation law" has the meaning given by subsection   14L(2).

"State indictable offence" means an offence against a law of a State or a * self - governing Territory that may be dealt with on indictment (even if it may also be dealt with as a summary offence in some circumstances).

"State offence that has a federal aspect" has the same meaning as in the Crimes Act 1914 .

Note:   Section   3AA of the Crimes Act 1914 sets out when a State offence has a federal aspect.

"stored value card" means a portable device that is capable of storing monetary value in a form other than physical currency, or as otherwise prescribed by the regulations.

"strip search" means a search of a person or of articles in the possession of a person that may include:

  (a)   requiring the person to remove all of his or her garments; and

  (b)   an examination of the person's body (but not of the person's body cavities) and of those garments.

"sufficient consideration" : an acquisition or disposal of property is for sufficient consideration if it is for a consideration that is sufficient and that reflects the value of the property, having regard solely to commercial considerations.

"suspect" means:

  (a)   in relation to a * restraining order (other than a restraining order made under section   20A) or a * confiscation order (other than an * unexplained wealth order)--the person who:

  (i)   has been convicted of; or

  (ii)   has been * charged with, or is proposed to be charged with; or

  (iii)   if the order is a restraining order--is suspected of having committed; or

  (iv)   if the order is a confiscation order--committed;

    the offence or offences to which the order relates; or

  (b)   in relation to a restraining order made under section   20A or an unexplained wealth order--the person whose * total wealth is suspected of exceeding the value of * wealth that was * lawfully acquired.

"tainted property" means:

  (a)   * proceeds of an * indictable offence, a * foreign indictable offence or an * indictable offence of Commonwealth concern; or

  (b)   an * instrument of an indictable offence.

"Territory offence" means an offence against a law of a * self - governing Territory.

"terrorism offence" has the same meaning as in the Crimes Act 1914 .

"text reference 1" has the meaning given by subsection   14C(2).

"text reference 2" has the meaning given by subsection   14C(3).

"thing relevant to unexplained wealth proceedings" means a thing (including a thing in electronic form) as to which there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that it may be relevant for the purposes of initiating or conducting proceedings under section   20A or Part   2 - 6.

"totalisator agency board" means a board or authority established by or under a law of a State or Territory for purposes that include the purpose of operating a betting service.

"total wealth" , of a person, has the meaning given by subsection   179G(2).

"unexplained wealth" :

  (a)   in relation to the * amendment reference of a State--has the meaning given by section   14D; and

  (b)   otherwise--has its ordinary meaning.

"unexplained wealth amount" , of a person, has the meaning given by subsection   179E(2).

"unexplained wealth legislation" of a State or * self - governing Territory means a law of the State or Territory that is prescribed by the regulations.

"unexplained wealth machinery and transitional provisions" has the meaning given by subsection   14B(5).

"unexplained wealth order" means an order made under subsection   179E(1) that is in force.

"unlawful activity" means an act or omission that constitutes:

  (a)   an offence against a law of the Commonwealth; or

  (b)   an offence against a law of a State or Territory; or

  (c)   an offence against a law of a foreign country.

"wealth" , of a person, has the meaning given by subsection   179G(1).

"working day" means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday or bank holiday in the place concerned.

  (a)   there are grounds to suspect the account balance reflects proceeds or an instrument of certain offences; and

  (b)   a magistrate is satisfied that, unless the order is made, there is a risk that the balance of the account will be reduced so that a person will not be deprived of all or some of the proceeds or instrument.

Forfeiture orders can be made, forfeiting property to the Commonwealth, if certain offences have been committed. (It is not always a requirement that a person has been convicted of such an offence.)

Orders are made on the application of a proceeds of crime authority (the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police or the DPP). Other orders can be made to reduce the effect of forfeiture orders on grounds such as hardship to the person's dependants.

If a person is convicted of a serious offence, property that is subject to a restraining order relating to the offence is forfeited to the Commonwealth unless the property is excluded from forfeiture.

There are cases in which compensation is payable by the Commonwealth.

There are cases in which forfeited property can be recovered from the Commonwealth.

  (a)   the benefits that a person has derived from such an offence; and

  (b)   (in some cases) the benefits that the person has derived from other unlawful activity.

This Part provides for the making of certain orders relating to unexplained wealth.

A preliminary unexplained wealth order requires a person to attend court for the purpose of enabling the court to decide whether to make an unexplained wealth order against the person.

An unexplained wealth order is an order requiring the person to pay an amount equal to so much of the person's total wealth as the person cannot satisfy the court is not derived or realised, directly or indirectly, from certain offences.


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