Financial offences
Key statutes
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009
- Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009
- Secret Commissions Act 1910
- Serious Fraud Office Act 1990
Key secondary legislation
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Class Exemptions) Notice 2018
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Definitions) Regulations 2011
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Cross-Border Transportation of Cash) Regulations 2011
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Exemptions) Regulations 2011
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Ministerial Exemption Form) Regulations 2011
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Prescribed Transaction Reporting) Regulations 2016
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Requirements and Compliance) Regulations 2011
- Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Regulations 2009
- Serious Fraud Office Act (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1990
Information/links to recent or currently underway reviews
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (the AML Act) - the Act was substantially amended in 2017. New Zealand is also currently involved in a Financial Action Task Force mutual evaluation of its AML legislation and the report is due by February 2021.
Secret Commissions Act 1910 – amended in 2015 to cover civil unions and de facto relationships.
Forward work
A review of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 was recommended as part of the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attacks on Christchurch Mosques and a response to that recommendation is being considered by the Ministry of Justice.
A statutory review of the AML Act will commence by 1 July 2021.