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Beneficial ownership

AML/CTF

The natural persons who ultimately own or control a corporate or trust customer. CDD under the AML/CTF Act 2006 requires identifying beneficial owners when the customer is an entity rather than an individual. For gaming venues this is rare (most patrons are individuals) but applies to member-account arrangements involving trusts or company patrons.

This term sits in the AML/CTF section of the working glossary — vocabulary that recurs across the AUSTRAC reporting-entity regime, the AML/CTF Act 2006, and the AML/CTF Rules 2025.

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