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to comply with the Australian Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

CHAPTER 77 Exemption from the applicable customer identification procedure for the purposes of Schedule 13 to the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020

Chapter 77 is part of the Australian Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a time-limited measure that provides a reporting entity with an exemption from the applicable customer identification procedure to facilitate the early release of superannuation to those individuals approved by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as meeting the relevant criteria.

77.1 These AML/CTF Rules are made under section 229 of the AML/CTF Act for the purposes of subsection 39(4) of that Act.

77.2 Section 32 of the AML/CTF Act does not apply to a designated service of a kind described in item 43 or 45 of table 1 in section 6 of the AML/CTF Act in the circumstances specified in paragraph 77.3.

77.3 The exemption in paragraph 77.2 applies in the following circumstances:

         (1) the designated service is provided in response to an application made to the ATO by a customer mentioned in item 43 or 45 of table 1 in section 6 of the AML/CTF Act, who is a member or retirement savings account holder, during the period of 15 April 2020 to 31 December 2020; and

         (2) the provision of the designated service is approved by a determination made by the ATO under subregulation 4.22B(3) of the Retirement Savings Account Regulations 1997 or subregulation 6.19B(3) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994.

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the Australian Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

CHAPTER 78 Wise Australia Pty Ltd

    78.1 These Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules are made under section 229 for the purposes of subparagraphs 8(1)(c)(v), 8(1)(d)(v), 9(1)(c)(v) and 9(1)(d)(v) and paragraph 45(1)(c) of the Act.

         Definition of ordering and beneficiary institutions

    78.2 Each of the following persons is specified to be an ordering institution:

         (1) Wise Payments Limited 07209813, 6th Floor, Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JJ, United Kingdom (Wise);

         (2) a subsidiary of Wise other than Wise Australia Pty Ltd ABN 38 616 463 855 (Wise Australia).

    78.3 Each of the following persons is specified to be a beneficiary institution:

         (1) Wise;

         (2) a subsidiary of Wise other than