Checklist · AML/CTF — the practice as a reporting entity
Deadline to notify AUSTRAC of the AML/CTF compliance officer
A diary for the date by which the practice notifies AUSTRAC of its AML/CTF compliance officer, using the two limbs on the transitional-rules page.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Australia.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a legal practice is enrolled, or about to enrol, and needs the notification date for its AML/CTF compliance officer. It does not describe the officer's duties. That page was not opened.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may count 14 days from an enrolment date the lawyer has entered; the lawyer decides which notification limb applies and who is named.
AI may
- Enter the enrolment date and add 14 days
- Compare that date with 29 July 2026 and show the later of the two
AI must not
- Must not pick the compliance officer
- Must not apply the 30 May 2026 date to a practice that was not enrolled on 30 March 2026
- Must not describe the officer's duties from a page that was not opened
The lawyer checks
- The limb is recorded before a date is used
- A newly regulated practice uses the later of 14 days after enrolment and 29 July 2026, as the page states
- The worksheet says the standard 14-day rule applies after the transitional period, without inventing the end date of that period
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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- Enhanced customer due diligence decision record
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- AUSTRAC suspicious matter report
- Customer due diligence file index before the service starts
- Initial customer due diligence checklist for law practice designated services
- AUSTRAC legal professional privilege form for a report
- Legal profession AML/CTF program review triggers
- AI and automated tools in the AML/CTF program: control standard
- AUSTRAC legal professional privilege form for a notice
- Tipping-off holding script for staff and the approved client note
- AML/CTF record retention schedule for the practice
- Suspicious matter escalation, reporting and legal professional privilege procedure
- Client letter: why we need to verify your identity (AML/CTF obligations)
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