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Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003
153Transaction suspension orders—application
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153 Transaction suspension orders—application
(1) A police officer may apply to a relevant court for a transaction
suspension order.
grounds for suspecting that—
(a) the person in relation to whom the order is sought—
(i) has committed, or is about to commit, a money laundering
(ii) was involved in the commission, or is about to be involved
in the commission, of a money laundering offence; or
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(iii) has derived, or is about to derive, property or a benefit from
the commission of a money laundering offence; and
(b) the account in relation to which the order is sought is operated
by, or under the effective control of, the person.
Note 2 A money laundering offence includes a prescribed offence against
a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory (see dict).
Note 3 For the meaning of in relation to, see dict.
(3) To remove any doubt, the application may be made in relation to 2 or
more accounts.