Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2006 (NO. 169, 2006) - SECT 68

Scope

             (1)  This section applies to section 175 proceedings for a contravention of a civil penalty provision of Division 2 or 3.

Defence

             (2)  In the proceedings, it is a defence if the defendant proves that:

                     (a)  the contravention in respect of which the proceedings were instituted was due to reasonable reliance on information given by another person; and

                     (b)  the other person did not give the information in the other person's capacity as an officer, employee or agent of the person who relied on the information.