Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre v TAB Ltd [2022] FCA 1522

Federal Court of Australia

Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre v TAB Ltd [2022] FCA 1522 File number: NSD 852 of 2015

Judgment of: WIGNEY J

Date of judgment: 16 December 2022

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – respondents' application for extension of non-publication order – where order made for five years expiring in December 2022 – where need to suppress respondents' systems and processes to address risk of respondents' services being used for money laundering or terrorism financing substantially the same as at the time the expiring non-publication order was made – confidentiality order made under s 37AF of Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth)

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 37AF

Cases cited: Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre v TAB Limited (No 4) [2017] FCA 1532

Division: General Division

Registry: New South Wales

National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations

Sub-area: Economic Regulator, Competition and Access

Number of paragraphs: 6

Date of last submission: 13 December 2022

Date of hearing: Determined on the papers

Solicitor for the applicant: Australian Government Solicitor

Counsel for the respondents: Ms E Bathurst

Solicitor for the respondents: Herbert Smith Freehills

ORDERS NSD 852 of 2015

BETWEEN: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE AUSTRALIAN TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ANALYSIS CENTRE Applicant

AND: TAB LIMITED First Respondent

TABCORP HOLDINGS LIMITED Second Respondent

TABCORP WAGERING (VIC) PTY LTD Third Respondent