Measures to Combat Serious and Organised Crime Act 2001 (136 of 2001)

Schedule 6   Amendment of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

4   At the end of Division 4 of Part II

Insert:

17J Information provided to AUSTRAC from a foreign country

For the purposes of this Act, information concerning a specific financial transaction that is received by AUSTRAC as a result of a request to a foreign country or to an agency of a foreign country is taken to have been obtained under this Act.

Note: The heading to section 17H is altered by omitting " other law " and substituting " another law of the Commonwealth or a law of a State or Territory ".