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Reasonable suspicion

Cross-cutting

The statutory threshold that triggers an SMR. Lower than 'belief' and higher than 'mere conjecture'. The test asks whether a reasonable person, considering the facts available to the venue, would suspect the transaction may relate to a relevant offence (s.41 of the AML/CTF Act 2006). Once formed, the lodgement clock starts.

This term sits in the cross-cutting section of the working glossary — concepts that recur across multiple regulatory domains rather than belonging to one statute.

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