Austrac has announced that the following draft rules and guidance notes will be released for comment by January/February 2008:

1. Draft guidance note – suspicious matter reporting obligations
2. Draft guidance note – gambling sector
3. Draft guidance note – record-keeping obligations
4. Draft AML/CTF Rules – definition of ‘loans’ in section 5 of the AML/CTF Act
5. Draft AML/CTF Rules resulting from approved applications for exemptions from specified provisions of the AML/CTF Act or the Act