Consent orders versus a private property deal
Consent orders and a private property deal are different files, even when the same house and the same people appear in both. A family-law outcome does not automatically answer the designated-service question on the transfer.
Quick answer
Keep the court file and the conveyancing file apart. Whether a carve-out applies is a question for the program, read against the professional designated services guidance, and this page does not decide it. A later private sale to someone else is a new customer. The firm does not recycle the consent-order pack as that customer's CDD.
People search “consent orders vs private property deal AML” when a firm has consent orders for a house and a private contract for the same house, and wants one answer for both. Checked against AUSTRAC's professional designated services page on 4 October 2026. This is general information, not legal advice. This page does not reproduce that guidance. The decision tree for designated services is the designated services decision tree. The sector map is /tranche-2.
Same house, two questions
Consent orders vs private property deal AML is a search from firms that have both papers in one folder. The orders record a family-law outcome, a private contract is a deal, and a transfer giving effect to the orders is a third description. Each is tested as the service that firm is providing. None of them borrows an answer from the folder next to it.
This page does not state a carve-out and it does not deny one. Staff who need the statutory line read the guidance and the decision tree, then apply the program the firm approved. A blog is the wrong place to tick that box.
- Separate the papers. Orders, private contract, and transfer are three descriptions. Write which one this retainer is.
- Do not inherit a result. A family-law file is not customer due diligence for a later arm's-length buyer.
- Do not spread one decision across firms. The family lawyer and the conveyancer can have different services. Each program speaks for its own firm.
- Send a link only when the program says so. If the service is out of scope, do not invent a check. If it is in scope, the client pays it.
Which paper is this retainer
A sorting aid when one house sits in two files. This table does not reproduce AUSTRAC's designated-services guidance.
| Paper | What it is | What you do not assume |
|---|---|---|
| Consent orders | A family-law outcome between the parties | That every later transfer of the house is out of scope |
| Private contract for the same house | A deal, even if the parties used to be together | That the orders answer the contract |
| Transfer following the orders | The conveyancing file, tested on its own | One decision shared by every firm on the matter |
| Later sale to a stranger | A new customer | The old family-law pack as that buyer's CDD |
Where the consent-order page stops
This page is the split between the papers. It is not a commentary on the Act. The services themselves are introduced on designated services in the Act. This page does not say a family-law matter is never a designated service.
What the client pays
On FreeAML the firm suite is A$0. The firm emails the client a link. Verification is client-pays. On the public list a personal KYC check is A$20 and a company or trust KYB check is A$40. Use KYB when the customer is a company or a trust. Deciding whether a carve-out applies to consent orders is not included in the firm suite. Confirm the live amounts on FreeAML pricing. FreeAML does not decide that consent orders take a transfer outside the Act, or the reverse.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Test the file you are actually doing.
The firm suite is A$0. The client pays a check only when the approved program requires one. Consent orders do not send the link.
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