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Reprint as at 27 July 2016 Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/230) Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 27th day of May 2013 Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to sections 5, 153, and 154 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009, His Excellency the Governor-General makes the following regulations, acting— (a) (b) on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and in relation to regulations made under section 154 of the Anti-Money Launder- ing and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009, on the recommendation of the Minister (as defined by section 5 of that Act) made in accordance with section 154(2) and (3) of that Act.
Contents 1 2 Title Commencement Page 2 2 Note Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Justice.
1 r 1 Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2013 Reprinted as at 27 July 2016 Principal regulations Regulation 5 amended (Prescribed threshold) New regulation 5A and cross-heading inserted Applicable threshold value for wire transfer 5A Applicable threshold value for wire transfer is $1, 000 New regulation 13A inserted (Inclusion: wire transfers of more than $1,000) 13A Inclusion: wire transfers of more than $1,000 Regulation 15 amended (Inclusion: transactions involving certain stored value instruments) Regulation 17 amended (Inclusion: trust and company service providers) New regulation 18A inserted (Exclusion: non-finance businesses that transfer money to facilitate purchase of goods or services) 18A Exclusion: non-finance businesses that transfer money to facilitate purchase of goods or services Regulation 20 replaced (Exclusion: lawyers, etc) 20 New regulation 21A inserted (Exclusion: licensed or registered auctioneers and providers of Internet auctions) 21A Exclusion: licensed or registered auctioneers and providers of Internet auctions Exclusion: lawyers, etc 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 12 Regulations 11 to 24 revoked [Revoked] 1 Title Regulations These regulations are the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2013.
2 (1) (2) Commencement These regulations come into force on 30 June 2013.

[Revoked] Regulation 2(1): amended, on 27 July 2016, by regulation 7(2) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2016 (LI 2016/132).

Regulation 2(2): revoked, on 27 July 2016, by regulation 7(3) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2016 (LI 2016/132).
3 Principal regulations These regulations amend the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Finan- cing of Terrorism (Definitions) Regulations 2011 (the principal regulations).

2 Reprinted as at 27 July 2016 Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2013 r 7 4 5 Regulation 5 amended (Prescribed threshold) In regulation 5, after “prescribed threshold is”, insert “more than”.
New regulation 5A and cross-heading inserted After regulation 5, insert: Applicable threshold value for wire transfer 5A Applicable threshold value for wire transfer is $1, 000 For the purposes of section 27(1) of the Act, the applicable threshold value of a wire transfer is $1,000.
6 New regulation 13A inserted (Inclusion: wire transfers of more than $1,000) After regulation 13, insert: 13A Inclusion: wire transfers of more than $1,000 (1) This regulation applies to every transaction that— (2) 7 (1) (1) (a) (b) occurs outside of a business relationship; and involves the receipt of a wire transfer by a beneficiary institution for an amount of more than $1,000 (whether the transaction is carried out in a single operation or several operations that appear to be linked).
Every transaction to which this regulation applies is declared to be an occasion- al transaction for the purposes of the Act.
Regulation 15 amended (Inclusion: transactions involving certain stored value instruments) Replace regulation 15(1) with: This regulation applies to every transaction that occurs outside of a business re- lationship and that involves the issuing or provision of a stored value instru- ment that— (a) has a maximum possible value at any one time of,— (i) (ii) if the stored value instrument is redeemable for cash, $1,000 or more: if the stored value instrument is not redeemable for cash, $5,000 or more; or (b) (c) is capable of being reloaded with $10,000 or more in any consecutive 12-month period; or is capable of being reloaded directly through transfer from an account held at a financial institution that is— (i) unregulated for AML/CFT purposes; or 3 r 8 (2) (4) Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2013 Reprinted as at 27 July 2016 (ii) located in a country with insufficient money laundering and coun- tering financing of terrorism systems and measures.
Replace regulation 15(4) with— For the purposes of this regulation,— debit card means an instrument that can be used to withdraw cash or make payments by debiting an account held at a financial institution gift facility has the same meaning as in regulation 9(2) of the Financial Service Providers (Exemptions) Regulations 2010 stored value instrument— (a) means a portable device, including a gift facility, that is capable of stor- ing monetary value in a form that is not physical currency, regardless of whether the device is reloadable or able to be redeemed for cash; and (b) includes— (i) (ii) a portable device whose value, or associated value, is transferable to a third party or is able to be remitted; and any account or other arrangement associated with the value stored on the device; but (c) does not include a credit card or a debit card.
8 Regulation 17 amended (Inclusion: trust and company service providers) Replace regulation 17(2)(c) with: (c) providing a registered office, a business address, a correspondence ad- dress, or an administrative address for a company, a partnership, or any other legal person or arrangement.
9 New regulation 18A inserted (Exclusion: non-finance businesses that transfer money to facilitate purchase of goods or services) After regulation 18, insert: 18A Exclusion: non-finance businesses that transfer money to facilitate purchase of goods or services (1) A person is not a reporting entity, for the purposes of the Act, by reason only that, in the ordinary course of a non-finance business, the person transfers money on behalf of a customer to facilitate the purchase of goods or services by the customer.
(2) In this regulation, non-finance business means a person whose only or princi- pal business is the provision of goods or services that are not relevant services.
10 Regulation 20 replaced (Exclusion: lawyers, etc) Replace regulation 20 with: 4 Reprinted as at 27 July 2016 Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2013 r 11 20 (1) Exclusion: lawyers, etc It is declared that a person is not a reporting entity, for the purposes of the Act, by reason only that the person carries out a relevant service in the ordinary course of the person’s business as one of the following: (a) (b) a lawyer, an incorporated law firm, a conveyancing practitioner, an in- corporated conveyancing firm, an accountant, or a real estate agent: an executor, an administrator, or a trustee in respect of services provided in the administration of an estate or, in the case of a trustee, in respect of services provided to beneficiaries of a family trust.
(2) If subclause (1) applies to a person (A), it applies equally to any director, em- ployee, agent, or other person while acting in the course of, and for the pur- poses of, A’s business to the same extent as it applies to A.
Compare: 2008 No 97 s 7(2)(a), (h), (3) 11 New regulation 21A inserted (Exclusion: licensed or registered auctioneers and providers of Internet auctions) After regulation 21, insert: 21A Exclusion: licensed or registered auctioneers and providers of Internet auctions (1) (2) It is declared that an auctioneer who is licensed or registered under an enact- ment is not a reporting entity, for the purposes of the Act, by reason only that the auctioneer carries out a relevant service in the ordinary course of the auc- tioneer’s business of conducting auctions.
It is declared that a person is not a reporting entity, for the purposes of the Act, by reason only that the person provides relevant services in the ordinary course of the person’s business as a provider of Internet auctions.
(3) In this regulation,— auction means a process in which property of any kind (including goods, ser- vices, and interests in land) is offered for sale by an auctioneer on behalf of a vendor, and— (a) bids for the property are placed with the auctioneer in real time, whether in person, by telephone, via the Internet, or by any other means; and (b) the property is sold when the auctioneer so indicates Internet auction means a process, not being an auction as defined by this sub- clause, that is operated online to enable members of the public to conclude con- tracts for the sale and purchase of goods or the provision and acquisition of non-financial services non-financial service means a service that is not, or does not include, a rele- vant service.
5 r 12 Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2013 Reprinted as at 27 July 2016 12 Regulations 11 to 24 revoked [Revoked] Regulation 12: revoked, on 27 July 2016, by regulation 7(3) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2016 (LI 2016/132).

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 30 May 2013.


Michael Webster, for Clerk of the Executive Council.

6 Reprinted as at 27 July 2016 Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2013 Notes Reprints notes 1 General This is a reprint of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2013 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.
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4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Amendment Regula- tions 2016 (LI 2016/132): regulation 7 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2016 7