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Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
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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.