---
title: "AUSTRAC legal professional privilege form for a report"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/aml-ctf-the-practice-as-a-reporting-entity/form-austrac-lpp-reporting-obligation"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a52ob-form-austrac-lpp-reporting-obligation"
area_id: "A52OB"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A52OB-X20260927-5", "A52OB-X20260927-6"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# AUSTRAC legal professional privilege form for a report

> Link to AUSTRAC's privilege form for a suspicious matter report or a threshold transaction report. It is lodged with the report in AUSTRAC Online.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/aml-ctf-the-practice-as-a-reporting-entity/form-austrac-lpp-reporting-obligation  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [AML/CTF — the practice as a reporting entity](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/aml-ctf-the-practice-as-a-reporting-entity.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at austrac.gov.au and the authority it cites, for Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when some, but not all, of the information in a suspicious matter report or a threshold transaction report is withheld for legal professional privilege. A separate form is used for a notice.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the suspicious matter report](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/aml-ctf-the-practice-as-a-reporting-entity.md#A52OB-X20260927-5)
- [Decide what may be said to the client once a suspicion is reported](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/aml-ctf-the-practice-as-a-reporting-entity/decide-what-may-be-said-to-the-client-once-a-suspicion-is-reported.md)

## How AI may be used

Yellow. A tool may compare a working note with the current official form and list what is missing. The lawyer downloads the form, completes it and lodges it.

**AI may:**

- List the facts and documents the official page says to have ready.
- Compare a working checklist with the current downloaded form and mark gaps.
- Prepare a filing note that quotes only what the official page says.

**AI must not:**

- Do not copy the official form into a new document or file a retyped version.
- Do not invent a form number, fee, time limit or rule that is not on the official page.
- Do not draft, settle or sign an affidavit, statutory declaration or other sworn evidence.
- Do not lodge the form or tell the client it has been filed.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Use this form for a report. A notice or request uses the other privilege form.
- Submit it with the report in AUSTRAC Online. The page offers Word and Excel. It recommends Excel for claims covering multiple communications.
- Terrorism financing: with the report, within 24 hours. Other suspicious matter reports: with the report, within 5 business days.
- If all of the information making up the suspicion is privileged, the page says neither the report nor this form is required.

## Authorities

- [Legal professional privilege, including the reporting-obligation form.](https://www.austrac.gov.au/industry-and-business/obligations-and-guidance/your-amlctf-program/reporting-us/legal-professional-privilege)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.austrac.gov.au/industry-and-business/obligations-and-guidance/your-amlctf-program/reporting-us/legal-professional-privilege)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by austrac.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/aml-ctf-the-practice-as-a-reporting-entity/form-austrac-lpp-reporting-obligation and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*