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• Anti-terrorism Bill (No. 3) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Revises Australia’s counter-terrorism framework by amending the:

  Passports Act 1938

  to give authorities certain powers to demand, confiscate and seize foreign passports;

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to give the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation powers to demand the surrender of Australian and foreign passports in certain circumstances; and

  Crimes Act 1914

  to facilitate effective disaster victim identification and criminal investigation in the event of a mass casualty incident within Australia. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Customs Act 1901

  to extend the definition of terrorist organisation;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  in relation to financing terrorism offences;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide for control orders and preventative detention orders;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: extend stop, question, search and seize powers to all Commonwealth places and prescribed security zones; and provide for a notice to produce regime to ensure compliance with lawful requests for certain information;

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to update sedition offences;

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  to authorise the use of video surveillance at Australia’s major airports and on aircraft;

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  ,

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  in relation to financial transaction reporting;

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to: strengthen ASIO’s special powers warrant regime; provide ASIO with enhanced access to aircraft and vessel information; strengthen the offence for providing false or misleading information under an ASIO questioning warrant; and clarify that obligations, prohibitions or restrictions imposed by control orders will not be prescribed administrative action;

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Customs Administration Act 1985

  to broaden Customs powers for security and intelligence purposes; and

  Migration Act 1958

  to clarify the power to deport non-citizens on security grounds. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Revises Australia’s counter-terrorism framework by amending the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to insert a new offence relating to association with a terrorist organisation;

  Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983

  to provide for the transfer of prisoners between State and Territory prisons for security reasons; and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to make decisions of the Attorney-General made on security grounds exempt from the application of the Act. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006, the bill: implements record keeping, reporting and compliance reforms applying to the financial and gambling sectors, and bullion dealers, lawyers and accountants providing financial services, to provide a framework to counter money laundering and terrorism financing in Australia; and extends the current regulatory regime imposed by the

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Oct 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: expand the circumstances in which reporting entities may rely on customer identification and verification procedures undertaken by a third party; explicitly prohibit reporting entities from providing a designated service if customer identification procedures cannot be performed; prohibit financial institutions from entering into a correspondent banking relationship that permits its accounts to be used by a shell bank; require banks to conduct due diligence assessments before entering, and during, all correspondent banking relationships; and expand exceptions to the prohibition on tipping off to permit reporting entities to share suspicious matter reports and related information with external auditors and foreign members of corporate and designated business groups;

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to replace existing 'designated agency' information sharing provisions (relating to the use and disclosure of AUSTRAC information) with a more general information sharing power;

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  ,

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to create a single reporting requirement for the cross-border movement of monetary instruments;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: clarify that the existence of one Commonwealth constitutional connector is sufficient to establish an instrument of crime offence; deem money or property provided by undercover law enforcement as part of a controlled operation to be the proceeds of crime for the purposes of prosecution; and provide for transitional arrangements; and

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to create a new offence of dishonestly representing conferral of police awards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: expand the objects of the Act to reflect the domestic objectives of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulation; expand the scope of the Act to include regulation of digital currency exchange providers; clarify due diligence obligations relating to correspondent banking relationships and broaden the scope of these relationships; qualify the term ‘in the course of carrying on a business’; allow related bodies corporate to share information; expand the range of regulatory offences for which the AUSTRAC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is able to issue infringement notices; allow the CEO to issue a remedial direction to a reporting entity to retrospectively comply with an obligation that has been breached; give police and customs officers broader powers to search and seize physical currency and bearer negotiable instruments and establish civil penalties for failing to comply with questioning and search powers; revise certain definitions; and clarify certain powers and obligations of the CEO; and

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  and

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  to de-regulate the cash-in-transit sector, insurance intermediaries and general insurance providers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Makes technical amendments to the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  (AML/CTF Act) and six other Acts to: replace absolute liability with strict liability in certain provisions; provide for review of decisions made by the AUSTRAC CEO under the AML/CTF Act; replace the general exemption from review under the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  for decisions under the AML/CTF Act with a limited exemption; provide ASIS with access to AUSTRAC information and enable ASIS to communicate such information to foreign intelligence agencies; amend secrecy and access provisions; remove certain restrictions on prosecution of structuring conduct; and provide access to the electoral roll in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment (Making Gambling Businesses Accountable) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: require gambling companies to report to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre if they have reason to suspect a person is paying for gambling services with money obtained illegally; and enable the Federal Court to make compensation orders where gambling companies have provided gambling services to a person who they suspect has paid for the gambling service using money obtained illegally. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment (Making Gambling Businesses Accountable) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: require gambling companies to report to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre if they have reason to suspect a person is paying for gambling services with money obtained illegally; and enable the Federal Court to make compensation orders where gambling companies have provided gambling services to a person who they suspect has paid for the gambling service using money obtained illegally. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment (Increased Financial Transparency) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCKIM, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to require the government to introduce legislation by 30 September 2022 to: include designated services provided by lawyers, conveyancers, accountants, high-value dealers, real estate agents and trust and company service providers; and establish a public register that contains information about the ultimate beneficial ownership of companies registered under the

  Corporations Act 2001

  and certain other legal persons and legal arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum