ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2006 - SECT 207 Disclosing existence or nature of notice

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2006 - SECT 207

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is given a notice under subsection   202(2); and

  (b)   the notice specifies that information about the notice must not be disclosed; and

  (c)   the person discloses the existence or nature of the notice.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to the disclosure of information by a reporting entity if the disclosure is to a legal practitioner (however described) for the purpose of obtaining legal advice.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (2) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).

  (3)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to the disclosure of information by a reporting entity if:

  (a)   the reporting entity is a member of a designated business group; and

  (b)   the disclosure is made to another member of the designated business group.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (3) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).