Strengthening Oversight of the National Intelligence Community Act 2025 (75 of 2025)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 2   Consequential amendments commencing with the main amendments

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

106   After subsection 123(8A)

Insert:

Exception - IGIS official

(8B) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the disclosure of information by a reporting entity if the disclosure is to an IGIS official for the purposes of, or in connection with, the IGIS official performing a function or duty, or exercising a power, as an IGIS official.

Note: A defendant, except for an IGIS official, bears an evidential burden in relation to a matter in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code). For IGIS officials, see section 34C of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986.