Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2006 (NO. 169, 2006) - SECT 17

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, a bearer negotiable instrument is:

                     (a)  a bill of exchange; or

                     (b)  a cheque; or

                     (c)  a promissory note; or

                     (d)  a bearer bond; or

                     (e)  a traveller's cheque; or

                      (f)  a money order, postal order or similar order; or

                     (g)  a negotiable instrument not covered by any of the above paragraphs.

Incomplete documents

             (2)  For the purposes of determining whether a document is covered by paragraph (1)(f) or (g), it is immaterial that the document is incomplete because the document does not specify:

                     (a)  an amount to be paid; or

                     (b)  a payee.