Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Act 2024
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12 Section 5
proliferation financing means conduct that amounts to:
(a) an offence against the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945, or regulations made under that Act, that is prescribed by regulations made under this Act for the purposes of this paragraph; or
(b) an offence against the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011, or a contravention of regulations made under that Act, that involves sanctions addressing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; or
(c) an offence against the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011, or a contravention of regulations made under that Act, that is prescribed by regulations made under this Act for the purposes of this paragraph; or
(d) the provision of assets (including funds) or financial services, or other dealing with assets, in contravention of a law of the Commonwealth that:
(i) implements an international agreement, convention or treaty relating to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; and
(ii) is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; or
(e) an offence against a law of a State or Territory that corresponds to an offence referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); or
(f) an offence against a law of a foreign country or a part of a foreign country that corresponds to an offence referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e); or
(g) an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.