Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2006 - SECT 22

  (1)   For the purposes of this Act, an official of a Commonwealth, State or Territory agency covered by paragraph   (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) or (j) of the definition of Commonwealth, State or Territory agency in section   5 is:

  (a)   the head (however described) of the Commonwealth, State or Territory agency; or

  (b)   a member or acting member of the Commonwealth, State or Territory agency; or

  (c)   a member of the staff of the Commonwealth, State or Territory agency; or

  (d)   an officer or employee of the Commonwealth, State or Territory agency; or

  (e)   an officer, employee or other individual under the direction of the head (however described) of the Commonwealth, State or Territory agency; or

  (f)   an individual who, under the AML/CTF Rules, is taken to be an official of the Commonwealth, State or Territory agency for the purposes of this Act;

and, in the case of a Commonwealth Royal Commission or a State/Territory Royal Commission, includes the following:

  (g)   a legal practitioner (however described) appointed to assist the Commission;

  (h)   a person authorised under subsection   (3).

  (2)   For the purposes of this Act, an official of a Commonwealth, State or Territory agency covered by paragraph   (k) of the definition of Commonwealth, State or Territory agency in section   5 is:

  (a)   the person who holds the office or appointment; or

  (b)   an individual who, under the AML/CTF Rules, is taken to be an official in relation to the Commonwealth, State or Territory agency for the purposes of this Act.

Royal Commissions

  (3)   Either:

  (a)   the sole Commissioner of a Commonwealth Royal Commission or a State/Territory Royal Commission; or

  (b)   a member of a Commonwealth Royal Commission or a State/Territory Royal Commission;

may, in writing, authorise a person assisting the Commission for the purposes of paragraph   (1)(h).

Note:   For revocation, see subsection   33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

  (4)   An authorisation under subsection   (3) is not a legislative instrument.