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United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;

          (16) 'person' has the same meaning as in the AML/CTF Act;

          (17) 'reference number' means an identifier (including an Organisation Registration Number supplied by the Australian Crime Commission) allocated by an accredited agency to the National Police History Check request, which identifies the search results obtained by that agency from the National Police Checking Service Support System;

           (18) 'serious offence' means an offence which is:

              (a) an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, or a law of a State or Territory, punishable on indictment by imprisonment for life or 2 or more years, that may be dealt with as an indictable offence (even if it may, in some circumstances, be dealt with as a summary offence) regardless of whether the offence proceeds summarily or on indictment; or

              (b) an offence against a law of a foreign country constituted by conduct that, if it had occurred in Australia, would have constituted a serious offence.

         A 'serious offence' in relation to a person other than an individual means an offence which would have been a serious offence if the person had been an individual;

         (19) 'subsidiary' has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001.

         (20) 'terrorism' means conduct that amounts to:

              (a) an offence against Division 101 or 102 of the Criminal Code; or

              (b) an offence against a law of a State or Territory that corresponds to an offence referred to in paragraph (a); or

              (c) an offence against a law of a foreign country or of a part of a foreign country that corresponds to an offence referred to in paragraph (a).

     Schedule
     Information to be obtained and retained pursuant to subsection 75(4) of the AML/CTF Act

    1. For all key personnel who either are appointed or commence after the date of registration of a person on the Remittance Sector Register, the registered person must obtain and retain:

         (a) the original or certified copy (as applicable) of a National Police Certificate (or foreign equivalent if one is able to be obtained) (NPC); or

         (b) a National Police History Check (NPHC) which:

              (i) has been obtained from an accredited agency;

              (ii) specifies the full name and date of birth of the natural person to whom the NPHC relates;

              (iii) provides relevant information regarding the natural person to whom the NPHC relates, which will enable the applicant to make an informed decision as to whether that natural person has any disclosable convictions arising from any court outcomes within Australia which are disclosable;

              (iv) specifies the reference number allocated to the NPHC by the accredited agency;

              (v) specifies the name of the accredited agency which obtained the NPHC; and

              (vi) specifies the date