FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REPORTS ACT 1988 - SECT 22 Notice to AUSTRAC CEO if no primary identification document examined
FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REPORTS ACT 1988 - SECT 22
Notice to AUSTRAC CEO if no primary identification document examined(1) If an identification reference for a signatory to an account is given to a cash dealer for the purposes of compliance with this Part and the reference states that the referee examined only a secondary identification document for the signatory, the cash dealer must give the AUSTRAC CEO written notice:
(c) setting out sufficient details of the account for the account to be identified;
(d) setting out the name used by the signatory in relation to the account; and
(e) stating that the identification reference for the signatory was not supported by a primary identification document.
(2) A cash dealer who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence against this subsection punishable, upon conviction, by imprisonment for a period of not more than 2 years.
Note: Subsection 4B(2) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to
impose in respect of an offence an appropriate fine instead of, or in addition
to, a term of imprisonment. The maximum fine that a court can impose on an
individual is worked out by multiplying the maximum term of imprisonment (in
months) by 5, and then multiplying the resulting number by the amount of a
penalty unit. The amount of a penalty unit is stated in section 4AA of
that Act. If a body corporate is convicted of an offence, subsection
4B(3) of that Act allows a court to impose a fine that is not greater than 5
times the maximum fine that could be imposed by the court on an individual
convicted of the same offence.