Learn how to apply to have certain AUSTRAC decisions reviewed.
Decisions we can review
This section refers to the Act sections 233A and 233B.
You have the right to ask us to review the following decisions if they are made by a delegate of our CEO.
For remittance service and virtual asset service providers this includes a decision to:
- refuse (including a deemed refusal) the registration of your business (including a remittance affiliate of a registered remittance network provider)
- cancel the registration of your business
- impose conditions on the registration of your business
- refuse to renew the registration of your business.
You can also apply to review a decision to:
- require you to appoint an external auditor or have an external auditor carry out specific activities
- not allow you a longer period of time to provide AUSTRAC with an external auditor’s report
- issue a notice directing you to remediate a contravention of a civil penalty provision.
How to apply for a review
This section refers to the Act section 233D.
You must apply for a review of a decision within 30 days of being informed of it.
Your application must be in the form below.
- Application to review an AUSTRAC decision form (Word, 78KB)
The form tells you where to send it once completed.
What happens next
This section refers to the Act sections 233C, 233E and 233F.
We review your application and reconsider the original reviewable decision.
We then make one of the following decisions:
- affirm the original decision
- vary the original decision
- revoke the original decision and make another decision we think appropriate.
After we do this, we will notify you in writing and include the reasons for our decision.
You can apply to the Administrative Review Tribunal to review any of the following:
- the original reviewable decision
- any subsequent decision to affirm, very or revoke the original reviewable decision.
To learn more, visit the Administrative Review Tribunal’s website.
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