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has been made in conformity with the provisions of this Convention before the date on which such a denunciation takes effect.

Article 44
Notifications

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any State which has acceded to this Convention of:

       a. any signature;

       b. the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession;

       c. any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with Articles 36 and 37;

       d. any reservation made under Article 40, paragraph 1;

       e. any other act, notification or communication relating to this Convention.

In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention.

Done at Strasbourg, this 8th day of November 1990, in English and in French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each member State of the Council of Europe, to the non‑member States which have participated in the elaboration of this Convention, and to any State invited to accede to it.

Schedule 2 Instrument of ratification
(regulation 4)

WHEREAS the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime, done at Strasbourg on the eighth day of November 1990 (the Convention) was signed for Australia, subject to ratification, on the twenty-eighth day of September 1992; and

WHEREAS Australia may ratify the Convention pursuant to
Article 36 of the Convention:

THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA, having considered the Convention now hereby ratifies the same, for and on behalf of Australia, subject to the following reservations made in conformity with Article 40, paragraph 1 of the Convention:

    In accordance with Article 21, paragraph 2, Australia declares that judicial documents should be served only through its central authority.

    In accordance with Article 25, paragraph 3, Australia declares that it reserves the right to require that requests made to it and documents supporting such requests be accompanied by a translation into English.

    In accordance with Article 32, paragraph 2, Australia declares that information or evidence provided by it under Chapter III of the Convention may not, without the prior consent of the competent Australian authorities, be used or transmitted by the authorities of the requesting Party in investigations or proceedings other than those specified in the request.

Further, the government of Australia hereby declares that, in accordance with Article 23, paragraph 2, the central authority of Australia designated in pursuance of Article 23, paragraph 1, is as follows:

Mutual Assistance Unit
International Branch
Criminal Law Division
Attorney-General's Department
Robert Garran Offices
National Circuit
BARTON  ACT  2600
AUSTRALIA

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,