Financial Transaction Reports Act 1993
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(1) In this Act –[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 61 of 2013, s. 5, Applied:01 Mar 2014]
[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 61 of 2013, s. 5, Applied:01 Mar 2014] AMLCTF Act means the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 of the Commonwealth;
court includes any tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions;
[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 61 of 2013, s. 5, Applied:01 Mar 2014] designated authority means –
(a) the Commissioner of Police; or
(b) a police officer who is carrying out an investigation arising from, or relating to matters referred to in, information communicated to the AUSTRAC CEO;
[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 61 of 2013, s. 5, Applied:01 Mar 2014] FTR Act means the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 of the Commonwealth;
protected information means information that is obtained under this Act.
(2) [Section 4 Subsection (2) amended by No. 61 of 2013, s. 5, Applied:01 Mar 2014] Unless the contrary intention appears, expressions used in the FTR Act or the AMLCTF Act have the same respective meanings in this Act.