Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009

AML/CFT requirements and compliance - Prescribed transaction reports

48A: Reporting entities to report certain prescribed transactions

You could also call this:

"Reporting entities must tell the government about certain big or suspicious transactions"

Illustration for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009

You must report certain transactions to the Commissioner. If you do a prescribed transaction through a reporting entity, they must tell the Commissioner about it. They have to do this as soon as possible, but no later than 20 working days after the transaction, in accordance with section 48B. You do not have to disclose any privileged communication, as defined in section 42. This means lawyers do not have to share private information. They must follow the rules made under section 154. If you are a reporting entity, you have to report the transaction. You have to do this even if other laws say something different. You must report the transaction in accordance with section 48B.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM7325023.


Previous

48: Disclosure of personal information relating to employees or senior managers, or

"Sharing staff details to help stop money laundering"


Next

48B: Prescribed transaction reports, or

"Reporting big or suspicious money transactions to help stop crime"

Part 2AML/CFT requirements and compliance
Prescribed transaction reports

48AReporting entities to report certain prescribed transactions

  1. Despite any other enactment or rule of law, but subject to any regulations made under section 154, if a person conducts a prescribed transaction through a reporting entity, the reporting entity must (as soon as practicable, but not later than 20 working days after the transaction) report the transaction to the Commissioner in accordance with section 48B.

  2. Nothing in subsection (1) requires any lawyer to disclose any privileged communication (as defined in section 42).

Notes
  • Section 48A: inserted, on , by section 9 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 96).
  • Section 48A(1): amended, on , by section 13 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 74).