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Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
116Retention of records relating to Part 1A
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#### 116 Retention of records relating to Part 1A
(1) A reporting entity must keep records that:
(a) are reasonably necessary to demonstrate compliance with the reporting entity’s obligations under Part 1A; and
(b) are in the English language, or in a form in which the records are readily accessible and readily convertible into writing in the English language.
(2) Subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision.
(3) A person who is or was a reporting entity must retain the records referred to in subsection (1) throughout the period:
(a) beginning at the time the record was made; and
(b) ending 7 years after the record is no longer relevant to the reporting entity’s compliance with its obligations under Part 1A.
(4) Subsection (3) is a civil penalty provision.