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ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2006 (NO. 169, 2006) - SECT 235

Protection from liability

             (1)  An action, suit or proceeding (whether criminal or civil) does not lie against:

                     (a)  a person (the first person ); or

                     (b)  an officer, employee or agent of the first person acting in the course of his or her office, employment or agency;

in relation to anything done, or omitted to be done, in good faith by the first person, officer, employee or agent:

                     (c)  in carrying out an applicable customer identification procedure under this Act; or

                     (d)  in fulfilment, or purported fulfilment, of a requirement under this Act not to commence to provide a designated service, or not to continue to provide a designated service; or

                     (e)  in compliance, or in purported compliance, with any other requirement under:

                              (i)  this Act; or

                             (ii)  the regulations; or

                            (iii)  the AML/CTF Rules.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to the following proceedings:

                     (a)  criminal proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations;

                     (b)  section 175 proceedings for a contravention of a civil penalty provision;

                     (c)  proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 that relate to this Act.



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