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Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009

Enforcement - Search and seizure

116: Definitions

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When you read this part of the law, some words have special meanings. A document is any record of information. You can find information in writing, images, or sounds on a document. A dwellinghouse is a building or part of a building where people live. An enforcement officer is someone who makes sure people follow the law, like a supervisor or the Commissioner. They can also be someone appointed by a supervisor under section 141. Evidential material is something that might be evidence of a crime. An occupier is someone who is in charge of a place, like a house or a building. A place can be anywhere, like a building, a park, or a boat. To seize something means to take control of it so it is not interfered with. A thing can be an object, a document, or even something electronic.

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Part 3Enforcement
Search and seizure

116Definitions

  1. In this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    document—

    1. means any record of information; and
      1. includes—
        1. anything on which there is writing or any image; and
          1. anything on which there are marks, figures, symbols, or perforations that have a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them; and
            1. anything from which sounds, images, or writing can be reproduced, with or without the aid of anything else

            dwellinghouse means a building, or an apartment, a flat, or a unit within a building, that is used as a private residence

              enforcement officer means the relevant AML/CFT supervisor or the Commissioner (as the case may require) and includes a person appointed under section 141 by an AML/CFT supervisor

                evidential material means any thing that there are reasonable grounds for believing is or may be evidence, or may provide or contain evidence, of—

                1. an offence under this Part; or
                  1. an attempt to commit an offence under this Part; or
                    1. a civil liability act

                      occupier, in relation to any place, includes—

                      1. a person who is present at the place and is in apparent control of it; and
                        1. any person acting on behalf of the occupier

                          place—

                          1. means anywhere on, under, or over any land or water; and
                            1. includes all or any part of a building, structure, or conveyance

                              seize includes to secure against interference

                                thing includes—

                                1. any substance, article, document, container, or equipment; and
                                  1. anything in electronic or magnetic form.