Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, Anti-Restricted Activity Financing and Proceeeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 · Updated to 1 Mar 2026 · Part VII · Miscellaneous
86A. Attempts, abetments and criminal conspiracies
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attempts to commit an offence under this Act;
does any act preparatory to, or in furtherance of, the commission of an offence under this Act;
abets or is engaged in a criminal conspiracy to commit (as those terms are defined in the Penal Code) an offence under this Act, whether or not the offence is committed in consequence of it,
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Financing, Anti-Restricted Activity Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to the penalty provided for that offence.
A provision of this Act which refers to an offence under a specific provision of this Act shall be read as including a reference to an offence under subsection (1) in relation to the offence under that specific provision.