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 AML Act was substantially amended in 2017. The Financial Action Task Force conducted a mutual evaluation of New Zealand’s AML legislation in 2020, and issued a report in April 2021(external link).

Forward work

A statutory review of the AML Act commenced in July 2021, and the Ministry
will provide a report to the Minister by 30 June 2022.

 
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