Second Reading Speeches

Anti-Money Laundering Amendment (Gaming Machine Venues) Bill 2012 [2013]

Type
Private
Sponsor(s)
XENOPHON, Sen Nick
Originating house
Senate
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
to: provide that poker machine payouts of more than $1000 and the cashing of transferred cheques are threshold transactions which are reportable to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre; require gaming machine venues to issue cheques for payouts of winnings or gaming machine credits over $1000 with an indication that they have been issued for that purpose; and impose penalties for failure to issue cheques in those circumstances.

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