27AGiving of information about levy payers and charge payers

27A Giving of information about levy payers and charge payers

(1) An authorised person may give the following information to an eligible recipient: (a) the name, address, contact details, ABN (if any) and ACN (if any) of any person who has paid, or is liable to pay, levy or charge in respect of a collection product; (b) details relating to the amount of levy or charge that the person has paid, or is liable to pay, in respect of that collection product; (c) such other details (if any) determined in an instrument under subsection (3), being details relating to the production or processing of that collection product.

Note 1: This subsection applies separately for each collection product in respect of which a person has paid, or is liable to pay, levy or charge.

Note 2: Section 27B sets out limits on the use of information given under this subsection.

Eligible recipient (2) For the purposes of this section, an eligible recipient is: (a) an R & D Corporation; or (b) the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation established by section 9 of the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989; or (c) Wine Australia continued in existence by section 6 of the Wine Australia Act 2013; or (d) a body covered by a declaration under section 60 of the Australian Meat and Live‑stock Industry Act 1997; or (e) the body declared to be the industry services body under section 7 of the Dairy Produce Act 1986; or (f) the body declared to be the industry services body under section 6 of the Egg Industry Service Provision Act 2002; or (g) the company declared to be the industry services body under Part 3 of the Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2007; or (h) the body declared to be the industry services body under subsection 9(1) of the Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000; or (i) the body declared to be the industry services body under section 11 of the Pig Industry Act 2001; or (j) the company declared to be the industry services body under Part 3 of the Sugar Research and Development Services Act 2013; or (k) the body declared to be the research body under section 30 of the Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000; or (l) the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Legislative instrument (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the Secretary may, by legislative instrument, determine details relating to the production or processing of a collection product.

Note: Different details may be determined for different collection products (see subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).

Definitions (4) In this section:

ABN has the meaning given by section 41 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.