Client Onboarding Form - Individual or sole trader

Client onboarding form

Sierra Legal must gather this information under the Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth), before we can provide you with certain services. We may also need to request additional information from you after considering your answers to the questions in this form. Please complete every question as fully as you can - our team is happy to help if anything is unclear.

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Client details

Complete section A for the individual named below (the Client).

Is the Client known by any other names or acronyms? *

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Is the Client, or has the Client ever been, a member of a parliament, a high-ranking member of a government body, a member of a court, or another position listed in the Appendix? *
Does the Client have a family member or close business associate who is or has been a member of a parliament, a high-ranking member of a government body, a member of a court, or another position listed in the Appendix? *

For example: setting up a corporate structure, assisting in the purchase of a company. Please note that Sierra Legal does not provide services that include the handling of physical cash or virtual assets.

Is the Client a sole trader and requesting services from us for business purposes? *
Appendix — politically exposed person (PEP) definition

Below are definitions of different types of politically exposed persons (PEPs). You must consider if any representative and beneficial owners identified in the onboarding form are a politically exposed person. Note: Family members and close business associates of persons who hold one of these positions are also considered politically exposed persons. Foreign PEP A foreign PEP is an individual who holds or has held a prominent office or position or public function in or for the legislature, executive or judiciary of a foreign country. This includes an individual who holds or has held any of the following offices or positions: head of state or head of government; member of the executive council of government; member of a legislature; minister, deputy minister or equivalent office or position; judge of a supreme court, constitutional court or other court of general jurisdiction or last resort; ambassador, high commissioner or charge d'affaires; high ranking military officer; head or board member of a government body; head or board member of a state-owned company or a state-owned bank; member of a governing body of a political party represented in a legislature. A foreign PEP is also a family member of an individual listed above or an individual who is known (based on information that's public or readily available) to have joint or sole beneficial ownership of a body corporate or legal arrangement with, or any other close relations with, an individual listed above. Domestic PEP A domestic PEP is an individual who is in or has been in the following office or position: member of the legislature of the Commonwealth or a state or territory; member of the governing body of a political party represented in such a legislature; Governor-General; governor of a state; administrator of a territory; Justice of the High Court; Judge of the Federal Court of Australia; Judge of the Supreme Court of a state or territory; accountable authority (or member) of a Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the PGPA Act; member of the governing body of a wholly-owned Commonwealth company; head of a department of state or territory (or an agency or authority with a prominent public function); head of a local government council; the chair of the board, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of a company wholly- or majority-owned by a state or territory; Chief of the Defence Force, Vice Chief, Chief of Navy, Army or Air Force; officer of the Navy of Vice Admiral rank or higher; officer of the Army of Lieutenant General rank or higher; officer of the Air Force of Air Marshal rank or higher; and specified Commonwealth diplomatic offices appointed by the Governor-General (Ambassador, High Commissioner, Consul-General, Australian representative, special representative, representative, permanent representative, Chargé d'Affaires). A domestic PEP is also a family member of an individual listed above, or an individual known to have joint or sole beneficial ownership of a body corporate or legal arrangement with, or any other close business relations with, an individual listed above. International organisation PEP An international organisation PEP is an individual that is entrusted or has been entrusted with a prominent public function, position or office of a public international organisation. This includes a head, deputy head or board member in a public international organisation, such as a United Nations body. It also includes a family member of one of these individuals, or an individual known to have joint or sole beneficial ownership of a body corporate or legal arrangement with, or any other close business relations with, such an individual. Family members A family member includes: a spouse, de facto partner, or equivalent under any applicable law of a foreign country, of the individual; a child of the individual; a spouse or de facto partner (or foreign-law equivalent) of a child of the individual; a parent of the individual.