Late AUSTRAC Enrolment and the Section 167 Prove-It File
Enrol on AUSTRAC’s website. Use this page afterwards — or if you are late — so the file can answer a section 167 notice.
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Read this if you are late, or already enrolled
The official enrolment steps live on AUSTRAC. This page does not compete with that guide. It is the late-enrolment and post-enrolment note: what to do if you are late, and how to prove it if AUSTRAC sends a section 167 notice.
Enrol on AUSTRAC's site, not from a blog
If you provide a designated service you enrol with AUSTRAC in AUSTRAC Online. Use austrac.gov.au for the form, the questions, and any induction sessions AUSTRAC is running. A vendor page cannot submit the enrolment for you, and it should not pretend to.
Day-one firms were pointed at a 29 July 2026 enrolment deadline. If that date has passed and you are still providing the service, treat it as late: stop guessing, enrol on AUSTRAC's site, and get the file into a state you can produce. If you start a designated service later, enrol before you provide it. Edge cases need advice. The map of who is covered is on /tranche-2.
What section 167 asks you to prove
Section 167 of the AML/CTF Act lets an authorised officer require information or documents relevant to compliance. AUSTRAC has used that power on businesses that appear to provide designated services and have not enrolled. A notice sets out what they want and the deadline on the notice. Commentary on the 2026 notices describes windows that can be short. The practical reading is: can you prove it?
- Why you decided you were in or out of the designated-service rules
- Enrolment status, or the reason you have not enrolled yet
- The AML/CTF program and who approved it
- The ML/TF risk assessment
- Customer due diligence outcomes, including beneficial owners where the service needs them
- Training and who is the compliance officer
This is an operations checklist, not a substitute for the notice or for legal advice. If a notice arrives, read the schedule and answer that schedule.
The pack to open
Client-pays covers the check fee. It does not cover enrolment.
| Pack item | Prove-it use | Client-pays |
|---|---|---|
| Enrolment record | Show you engaged with AUSTRAC Online | Not a check — enrol on AUSTRAC |
| Program and risk assessment | Show how you rated the business and the matter | Firm work — start at the risk assessment |
| CDD outcome | Show the person or entity was checked | Yes — FreeAML client card, or you pay $20 / $40 |
| Training note | Show staff were told what to do | Firm record |
Client-pays on the CDD line
When the notice asks how you identified the customer, open the check outcome — not a screenshot of a pricing page. FreeAML checks are $20 KYC and $40 KYB, with client-pays so you are not funding every file. Prices are on /pricing.
After you enrol
- Save the enrolment confirmation with the program.
- Run the risk assessment so the file explains the rating.
- Send live-matter checks from /aml-check. Do not wait for a notice to discover the path.
- Decide who pays — firm or client — and use the same words on the engagement.
- Keep the outcome where someone other than the person who clicked “send” can find it.
The short “what changed” satellite is Tranche 2 next steps. Cost maths, including the client-pays column, is in AML compliance cost in Australia.
Before you open the form, gather the details on the AUSTRAC enrolment checklist. While you are on the form, what each enrolment question is asking walks through the fields. The wider file, after enrolment, is Tranche 2 customer due diligence without a monthly fee.
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