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A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999
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#### 15 Obligation to give Registrar information if requested
(1) The \*Registrar may request an \*entity to give the Registrar information in accordance with the following table. The entity must comply with the request.
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:343.6pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Entities that can be requested to give information</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:148.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">These entities ...</span></p></td><td style="width:148.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">can be requested to give this information ...</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:148.55pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>You, if you are registered in the </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>Australian Business Register</span></p></td><td style="width:148.55pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>information that is relevant to:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) your entitlement to be registered; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) confirming your identity; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the details entered in relation to you in the Register</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:148.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>Your </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>associate (if any) entered in the </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>Australian Business Register in relation to you</span></p></td><td style="width:148.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>information relevant to confirming the associate’s identity</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:148.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Either:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>your representative (if any) registered in the </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>Australian Business Register in relation to you; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) you</span></p></td><td style="width:148.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>information relevant to:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) confirming the representative’s identity; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the details entered in relation to the representative in the Register</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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> Note: This Act is a taxation law for the purposes of the Taxation Administration Act 1953. If an entity fails to comply with this subsection, the entity commits an offence against section 8C of that Act.
(2) A request under subsection (1) to an \*entity:
(a) is to be made by notice in writing to the entity; and
(b) may ask the entity to give the information in writing; and
(c) must specify:
(i) the information the entity is to give; and
(ii) the period within which the entity is to give the information.
The period specified under subparagraph (c)(ii) must end at least 14 days after the notice is given.
> Note: Section 12 deals with giving notice to an entity registered under section 11.
(3) If the request asks the \*entity to give the information in writing, the information:
(a) must be lodged with the \*Registrar; and
(b) must be in the \*approved form.