Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2006 (NO. 169, 2006) - SECT 129

             (1)  If an official of a non‑designated Commonwealth agency makes an application to the AUSTRAC CEO for access to AUSTRAC information for the purposes of:

                     (a)  an investigation of a possible breach of a law of the Commonwealth; or

                     (b)  a proposed investigation of a possible breach of a law of the Commonwealth;

the AUSTRAC CEO may, in writing, authorise the official to have access to AUSTRAC information for those purposes.

Note:          For variation and revocation, see subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

             (2)  An authorisation under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

AUSTRAC information, or class of AUSTRAC information, to which access is authorised

             (3)  An authorisation under subsection (1) must state the AUSTRAC information, or the class of AUSTRAC information, to which the official of the non‑designated Commonwealth agency is to have access.