Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules 2025
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3‑3 Information relating to the applicant
General information relating to the applicant (1) The application must contain the following information relating to the applicant: (a) the applicant’s full name, and any registered or other names under which the applicant provides or will provide its designated services; (b) the applicant’s ABN, ACN, ARBN and ARSN (as applicable); (c) a legal entity identifier for the applicant (if any) given by an organisation accredited by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (together with information identifying the organisation); (d) the address of the applicant’s registered office (if applicable); (e) the address of the applicant’s principal place of business or operations in Australia; (f) if the applicant is not an individual—information about the legal form of the applicant (such as a partnership, company or trust); (g) the names and dates of birth of any beneficial owners of the applicant; (h) information on the number of employees employed by the applicant; (i) if the applicant is an Australian resident (within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997)—whether the applicant was a small business entity (within the meaning of section 328‑110 of that Act) for the income year (within the meaning of that Act) corresponding to the previous financial year; (ia) whether the applicant is a Market Generator under the South Australian Electricity Legislation; (j) information identifying one or more associations of which the applicant is a member (if any) that represent the interests of a particular industry, profession or trade; (k) the applicant’s telephone number; (l) the applicant’s email address; (m) the full name, job title or position and email address of a contact person for the purposes of communications relating to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Industry Contribution (Collection) Act 2011; (n) the domain names for all websites (if any) through which the applicant provides or will provide its designated services; (o) a description of the applicant’s business or principal activity; (p) the approximate annual turnover of the applicant for the most recent financial year. Information for bodies corporate (2) If the applicant is a body corporate, the application must contain the following information relating to the body corporate: (a) the full name, and any former names, of each director; (b) the date of birth of each director; (c) the director identification number (if any) of each eligible officer of the body corporate; (d) the country in which the body corporate was incorporated and any countries in which it is registered; (e) if the body corporate was incorporated or is registered in any foreign country—the address of the principal place of business of the body corporate in that foreign country. (3) If the applicant is a body corporate that has an ultimate holding company (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001), the application must contain the following information relating to the ultimate holding company: (a) the name of the ultimate holding company; (b) the address of the principal place of business and the registered office of the ultimate holding company; (c) the country or countries of which the ultimate holding company is a resident; (d) a unique identifier for the ultimate holding company. Information for government bodies (4) If the applicant is a government body, the application must contain the following information relating to the applicant: (a) whether the applicant is an Australian government body; (b) if the applicant is not an Australian government body—the foreign country in which the applicant is established.