Table 6 designated services for lawyers, accountants and conveyancers

People search “table 6 designated services” when a Monday file might be in and the statute table is the wrong shape. AUSTRAC’s overview is professional designated services, which points at table 6 of the Act. Checked on 2 October 2026. This is general information, not legal advice. This page does not reproduce that guidance or the Act. The order of questions, including the court-order fork, is the designated services decision tree. The sector map is /tranche-2.

Nine questions, not nine professions

The regime regulates services. An accountant, a solicitor, and a conveyancer can each hit the same item, or miss all of them, in the same week. Use the row as a sorting aid. The customer column and the exemptions stay on AUSTRAC’s page.

A yes is the service, not the letterhead

• Directly moving the outcome. AUSTRAC’s page draws a line between steps that advance the transaction and general advice that only influences how the client proceeds. This article does not restate their examples. If the file is only an explanation of the law, stop and read that page.
• Not every property sentence. Assisting a transfer is item 1 for a conveyancer. How that file is worked, once it is in, is AML for conveyancers assisting a transfer.
• Not every accounting hour. Tax and ordinary bookkeeping are often outside. Forming a company or selling the entity often is not. The practice cut is AML for accountants: designated services.
• Not every legal matter. A will is often outside. A transfer or a restructure often is not. The day-to-day check, once the matter is in, is AML checks for lawyers.

AUSTRAC also notes exemptions for some providers, including legal aid commissions, community legal centres, and barristers acting for Australian government bodies. Those sit on their page, with the other exemptions. This article does not list them. A court or tribunal order can take items 1 and 2 outside. Use the decision tree, then the Act, before you rely on that fork.

If the answer is yes, the check is the ops step

A yes means you are likely a reporting entity for that service. What that status means when the rest of the practice is quiet is what a reporting entity means. Enrolment, the written program, and customer due diligence are the next jobs. They are not this table. The requirement under the check is customer due diligence requirements. The order of jobs on the new matter is the customer due diligence checklist.

The identity or entity step is the part with a price. On FreeAML the firm suite is A$0. The firm emails the client. 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. Confirm the live amounts on FreeAML pricing. Send it only where the program says the matter is in. Do not verify a client to justify the software. The path into that step is /aml-check. FreeAML does not decide the service, does not enrol the firm, and does not replace austrac.gov.au.

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