Education and guidance
Find out more about education and guidance to help you meet your anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) obligations.
On this page
- Education and guidance to support businesses
- Key dates
- Reform-related guidance currently available
- Further assistance
- Related pages
Education and guidance to support businesses
Guidance and educational materials are being developed to support both current reporting entities and tranche 2 entities to implement effective AML/CTF measures.
We will provide further guidance in 2025, including:
- the scope of the new regulated services
- core obligations and how they can be practically implemented.
We are also developing AML/CTF starter program kits for small businesses in tranche 2 sectors. The kits aim to increase the effectiveness of AML/CTF programs and will provide an AML/CTF program for a typical low complexity small businesses. They will reflect sector-wide money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing risk and industry practice.
Guidance is being developed in close consultation with industry associations and peak bodies and will be released for consultation in 2025.
Key dates
Key dates for developing guidance related to AML/CTF reform:
2025
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31 March 2025: Commencement of changes to the tipping off offence
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May to July 2025: targeted consultation on draft core guidance in working groups with industry associations and peak bodies
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October 2025: Finalisation of core guidance
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October to November 2025: Targeted consultation on tranche 2 sector-specific guidance in industry working groups
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December 2025: Finalisation of tranche 2 sector-specific guidance
2026
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31 March 2026: Changes to obligations for current reporting entities and virtual assets service providers
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1 July 2026: AML/CTF obligations commence for tranche 2 entities
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2026: Ongoing enhancements to the sector-specific guidance for current reporting entities in partnership with industry
Reform-related guidance currently available
Further assistance
We are working with industry associations to develop guidance tailored to your industry. In the meantime, if you have questions about how the reforms impact you, your industry association may be able to assist.
Related pages
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