11ARegistration on national database

11A Registration on national database

(1) To be registered on the national database a supplier must, using a method which the database indicates is a method for including information on the database, provide: (a) information identifying the supplier; (b) the supplier’s address in Australia; and (c) the name and contact details of a representative of the supplier. (2) For paragraph (1)(a), information identifying a supplier consists of the supplier’s ABN and 1 of the following pieces of information in relation to the supplier: (a) if the supplier is a body corporate, the name of the body corporate; (b) if the supplier is an individual, the name of the individual; (c) a business name used by the supplier in connection with its business as a supplier and registered as a business name under the Business Names Registration Act 2011. (3) If the information provided by a supplier for inclusion in the national database subsequently changes, the supplier must, within 30 days after the change occurs, update the national database with the changed information using a method which the database indicates is a method for updating information on the database. (4) In this section:

ABN has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.

representative of the supplier means:

(a) an employee of the supplier;
(b) an officer of the supplier; or
(c) a person authorised in writing for the purposes of this section by the supplier or an employee or officer of the supplier.

officer of the supplier means:

(a) if the supplier is a corporation for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001, an officer of a corporation as that term is defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001; or
(b) if the supplier is an entity that is neither an individual nor a corporation for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001, an officer of that entity as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.

Note 1: The requirement for a supplier to update the information provided by it for inclusion in the national database imposed under subsection 11A(3) is an ongoing requirement. Under section 187A of the Act, a supplier that fails to comply with a specific requirement that must be met after a label has been applied to a device may be subject to a pecuniary penalty.

Note 2: Information provided by a supplier for inclusion on the national database for the purposes of this Notice will be made publicly available.