Schedule
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The Criminal Code
Section
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CHAPTER 10
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NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Part 10.2
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Money laundering
Division 400
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Money laundering
SECTION 400.9
Dealing with property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime etc.
(1AA)
A person commits an offence if:
(a)
the person deals with money or other property; and
(b)
it is reasonable to suspect that the money or property is proceeds of indictable crime; and
(c)
at the time of the dealing, the value of the money and other property is $10,000,000 or more.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years, or 300 penalty units, or both.
History
S 400.9(1AA) inserted by No 3 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 1 item 62, applicable in relation to a dealing with money or other property, or other conduct engaged in by a person, as the case requires, that occurs after 17 February 2021.
(1AB)
A person commits an offence if:
(a)
the person deals with money or other property; and
(b)
it is reasonable to suspect that the money or property is proceeds of indictable crime; and
(c)
at the time of the dealing, the value of the money and other property is $1,000,000 or more.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 4 years, or 240 penalty units, or both.
History
S 400.9(1AB) inserted by No 3 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 1 item 62, applicable in relation to a dealing with money or other property, or other conduct engaged in by a person, as the case requires, that occurs after 17 February 2021.
(1)
A person commits an offence if:
(a)
the person deals with money or other property; and
(b)
it is reasonable to suspect that the money or property is proceeds of indictable crime; and
(c)
at the time of the dealing, the value of the money and other property is $100,000 or more.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years, or 180 penalty units, or both.
History
S 400.9(1) amended by No 3 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 1 item 63, by substituting
"
proceeds of indictable crime
"
for
"
proceeds of crime
"
in para (b), applicable in relation to a dealing with money or other property, or other conduct engaged in by a person, as the case requires, that occurs after 17 February 2021.
S 400.9(1) substituted by No 4 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 5 item 16, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 19 March 2010. S 400.9(1) formerly read:
(1)
A person is guilty of an offence if:
(a)
the person:
(i)
receives, possesses, conceals or disposes of money or other property; or
(ii)
imports money or other property into, or exports money or other property from, Australia; and
(b)
it is reasonable to suspect any of the following:
(i)
the money or property is proceeds of crime in relation to a Commonwealth indictable offence or a foreign indictable offence;
(ia)
the money or property is proceeds of crime in relation to a State indictable offence;
(ib)
the money or property is proceeds of crime in relation to an Australian Capital Territory indictable offence or a Northern Territory indictable offence;
(ii)
the money or property is proceeds of crime, and the person
'
s conduct referred to in paragraph (a) takes place in circumstances referred to in subsection
(3)
.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years, or 50 penalty units, or both.
S 400.9(1) amended by No 170 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 1 items 32 and 33, by substituting
"
any
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for
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either or both
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in para (b) and inserting para (b)(ia) and (ib), effective 13 December 2006.
(1A)
A person commits an offence if:
(a)
the person deals with money or other property; and
(b)
it is reasonable to suspect that the money or property is proceeds of indictable crime; and
(c)
at the time of the dealing, the value of the money and other property is less than $100,000.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years, or 120 penalty units, or both.
History
S 400.9(1A) amended by No 3 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 1 item 64, by substituting
"
proceeds of indictable crime
"
for
"
proceeds of crime
"
in para (b), applicable in relation to a dealing with money or other property, or other conduct engaged in by a person, as the case requires, that occurs after 17 February 2021.
S 400.9(1A) inserted by No 4 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 5 item 16, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 19 March 2010.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, it is taken to be reasonable to suspect that money or other property is proceeds of indictable crime if:
(a)
the conduct constituting the offence involves a number of transactions that are structured or arranged to avoid the reporting requirements of the
Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
that would otherwise apply to the transactions; or
(aa)
the conduct involves a number of transactions that are structured or arranged to avoid the reporting requirements of the
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
that would otherwise apply to the transactions; or
(b)
the conduct involves using one or more accounts held with ADIs in false names; or
(ba)
the conduct amounts to an offence against section 139, 140 or 141 of the
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
; or
(c)
the value of the money and property involved in the conduct is, in the opinion of the trier of fact, grossly out of proportion to the defendant
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s income and expenditure over a reasonable period within which the conduct occurs; or
(d)
the conduct involves a significant cash transaction within the meaning of the
Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
, and the defendant:
(i)
has contravened his or her obligations under that Act relating to reporting the transaction; or
(ii)
has given false or misleading information in purported compliance with those obligations; or
(da)
the conduct involves a threshold transaction (within the meaning of the
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
) and the defendant:
(i)
has contravened the defendant
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s obligations under that Act relating to reporting the transaction; or
(ii)
has given false or misleading information in purported compliance with those obligations; or
(e)
the defendant:
(i)
has stated that the conduct was engaged in on behalf of or at the request of another person; and
(ii)
has not provided information enabling the other person to be identified and located.
History
S 400.9(2) amended by No 3 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 1 items 65 and 66, by substituting
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For the purposes of this section, it is taken to be reasonable to suspect that money or other property is proceeds of indictable crime if:
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for
"
Without limiting paragraph (1)(b) or (1A)(b), that paragraph is taken to be satisfied if:
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and substituting
"
constituting the offence
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for
"
referred to in paragraph (1)(a)
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in para (a), applicable in relation to a dealing with money or other property, or other conduct engaged in by a person, as the case requires, that occurs after 17 February 2021.
S 400.9(2) amended by No 4 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 5 items 17 and 18, by inserting
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(1A)(b)
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after
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(1)(b)
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and inserting
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over a reasonable period within which the conduct occurs
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after
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expenditure
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in para (c), applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 19 March 2010.
S 400.9(2) amended by No 170 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 1 items 34 to 36, by inserting paras (aa), (ba) and (da), effective 13 December 2006.
(3)
(Repealed by No 4 of 2010)
History
S 400.9(3) repealed by No 4 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 5 item 19, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 19 March 2010. S 400.9(3) formerly read:
(3)
Subparagraph
(1)(b)(ii)
applies if the conduct in question takes place:
(a)
in the course of or for the purposes of importation of goods into, or exportation of goods from, Australia; or
(b)
by means of a communication using a postal, telegraphic or telephonic service within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution; or
(c)
in the course of banking (other than State banking that does not extend beyond the limits of the State concerned).
(4)
Absolute liability applies to paragraphs
(1AA)(b)
and
(c)
,
(1AB)(b)
and
(c)
,
(1)(b)
and
(c)
and
(1A)(b)
and
(c)
.
History
S 400.9(4) amended by No 3 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 1 item 67, by inserting
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(1AA)(b) and (c), (1AB)(b) and (c),
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, applicable in relation to a dealing with money or other property, or other conduct engaged in by a person, as the case requires, that occurs after 17 February 2021.
S 400.9(4) amended by No 4 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 5 item 20, by substituting
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paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) and (1A)(b) and (c)
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for
"
paragraph (1)(b)
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, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 19 March 2010.
(5)
This section does not apply if the defendant proves that he or she had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that the money or property was derived or realised, directly or indirectly, from some form of unlawful activity.
Note:
A defendant bears a legal burden in relation to the matter in subsection
(5)
(see section
13.4
).
(6)
(Repealed by No 4 of 2010)
History
S 400.9(6) repealed by No 4 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 5 item 21, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 19 March 2010. S 400.9(6) formerly read:
(6)
Subparagraph (1)(b)(ia), in its application to an offence against subsection (1), has effect only to the extent to which it is a law with respect to external affairs (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution).
S 400.9(6) inserted by No 170 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 1 item 37, effective 13 December 2006.