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AML/CTF

An activity listed in Table 3 of s.6 of the AML/CTF Act 2006 that brings the provider into the reporting-entity regime. For gaming venues, relevant items include gaming-machine entry/play (items 5–6), chip cash-out and gaming-machine payout (items 8–10), and account holding for patrons (items 11–12). Some items have monetary thresholds; others apply at any amount.

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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