Further information about matters reported under FTR Act
6 Further information about matters reported under FTR Act
This section applies if a cash dealer communicates information to the AUSTRAC CEO under the FTR Act section 16(1) or (1A).
The Commissioner of Police, or a police officer who is carrying out an investigation arising from, or relating to the matters referred to in, the information may request the cash dealer to give the Commissioner or police officer, within the period specified in the request, the further information specified in the request.
The period specified in the request for giving the information must be at least 14 days after the day the request is made, unless —
the person making the request considers that a shorter period is necessary; and
the shorter period is reasonable in the circumstances.
The further information must be information that —
may be relevant to the investigation of, or prosecution of a person for, an offence against the law of the State; or
may be of assistance in the enforcement of the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000.
The cash dealer must comply with the request to the extent that the cash dealer has the further information.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $20 000 and imprisonment for 2 years.
[Section 6 amended: No. 69 of 2000 s. 15(1)(a) 2; No. 25 of 2018 s. 6.]
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