Electoral and Referendum Amendment (AUSTRAC) Regulations 2020
I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Simon Birmingham
Minister for Finance
Contents
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Electoral and Referendum Regulation 2016
This instrument is the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (AUSTRAC) Regulations 2020.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. | 23 December 2020 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Electoral and Referendum Regulation 2016
1 Clause 1 of Schedule 1 (table item 11)
Repeal the item, substitute:
11 | Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre | (a) detecting, deterring or disrupting money laundering, the financing of terrorism or other serious crimes; or (b) retaining, compiling, analysing or disseminating AUSTRAC information (within the meaning of the Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006); or (c) advising or assisting reporting entities in relation to their obligations under any of the following: (i) the Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006 or a legislative instrument made under that Act; (ii) the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 or a legislative instrument made under that Act; or (d) promoting, investigating or enforcing compliance by reporting entities with their obligations under an Act or instrument mentioned in paragraph (c) |