AML/CTF · Table 6, s 6(5B)
AML Service Check Point
Pick the job, answer a few questions, and get a suggested position on whether it is a designated service, with the reason and a file note. Based on AUSTRAC's professional designated services guidance (last updated 31 March 2026). Your firm makes the final scoping decision.
Company incorporation
Registering a new company with ASIC.
Other triggers on this job
Suggested position
In scope: creating a body corporate under item 6.
- Registering a company is creating a body corporate under item 6; AUSTRAC lists registering applications and forms with ASIC as a preparatory step.
- Initial director, secretary and share details are part of the same service.
- Customer: the person instructing you, plus the proposed beneficial owners and directors.
Table 6 references
- Table 6, item 6, point (a) — Creating or restructuring a body corporate or legal arrangement: (a) a body corporate (other than a corporation under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006)
Item and point references are to Table 6 of s 6(5B) of the AML/CTF Act 2006 (Cth), the table AUSTRAC's guidance applies to these job types.
What to do
Complete CDD before you act on the instruction, or confirm existing CDD for this client is current. Record the decision on the job file.
This is a guide, not a decision. The suggested position applies AUSTRAC's published guidance to your answers. It is not legal advice, and your firm remains responsible for its own scoping decision. If you are unsure, treat the job as in scope and complete CDD.
This tool applies AUSTRAC's published interpretation to common accounting jobs. It is general information, not legal advice. AUSTRAC's guidance is its own view of the law, and the courts are the final interpreters. Where a matter is uncertain, treat it as in scope, complete CDD, and consider confirming with AUSTRAC or getting legal advice. Positions marked as 'our reading' are not stated by AUSTRAC.