Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00044:section:235
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00044
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 235
Character Range: 483177–484289

235  Protection from liability
 (1) An action, suit or proceeding (whether criminal or civil) does not lie against:
 (a) a person (the first person); or
 (b) an officer, employee or agent of the first person acting in the course of his or her office, employment or agency;
in relation to anything done, or omitted to be done, in good faith by the first person, officer, employee or agent:
 (c) in carrying out an applicable customer identification procedure under this Act; or
 (d) in fulfilment, or purported fulfilment, of a requirement under this Act not to commence to provide a designated service, or not to continue to provide a designated service; or
 (e) in compliance, or in purported compliance, with any other requirement under:
 (i) this Act; or
 (ii) the regulations; or
 (iii) the AML/CTF Rules.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following proceedings:
 (a) criminal proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations;
 (b) section 175 proceedings for a contravention of a civil penalty provision;
 (c) proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 that relate to this Act.