Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
235Protection from liability
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235 Protection from liability
(1) An action, suit or proceeding (whether criminal or civil) does not lie against: (a) a person (the first person); or (b) an officer, employee or agent of the first person acting in the course of his or her office, employment or agency; in relation to anything done, or omitted to be done, in good faith by the first person, officer, employee or agent: (c) in complying with subsection 28(1) or 30(1); or (d) in fulfilment, or purported fulfilment, of a requirement under this Act not to commence to provide a designated service, or not to continue to provide a designated service; or (e) in compliance, or in purported compliance, with any other requirement under: (i) this Act; or (ii) the regulations; or (iii) the AML/CTF Rules. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following proceedings: (a) criminal proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations; (b) section 175 proceedings for a contravention of a civil penalty provision; (c) proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 that relate to this Act.