New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REPORTS ACT 1992 - SECT 6

6 Further reports of suspect transactions

(1) If a cash dealer communicates information to the Director under section 16 (1) of the Commonwealth Act, the cash dealer must, if requested to do so by:

(a) the Commissioner of Police, or

(b) the Commissioner of the New South Wales Crime Commission, or

(c) the Commissioner for the Independent Commission Against Corruption, or

(d) a police officer who is carrying out an investigation arising from, or relating to the matters referred to in, the information,

give such further information as is specified in the request to the person requesting it.

(2) The further information is to be information that:

(a) may be relevant to the investigation of, or prosecution of a person for, an offence against the law of the State, or

(b) may be of assistance in the enforcement of the Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 or the Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 or in the administration of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 .

(3) The cash dealer must comply with the request to the extent that the cash dealer has the further information.

Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.