Second Reading Speeches

Financial Transaction Reports Amendment (Transitional Arrangements) Bill 2008

Type
Government
Portfolio
Home Affairs
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Financial Transactions Reports Act 1988
to facilitate the transition to regulation under the
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter- Terrorism Financing Act 2006
to: authorise certain cash dealers to continue reporting suspicious transactions, international funds transfer instructions and significant cash transactions to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC); authorise solicitors, solicitor corporations and partnerships of solicitors to continue to provide AUSTRAC with cash transaction reports; and authorise certain cash dealers to enter transactions into their exemption register until 11 March 2010.

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