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Unclaimed Money Act 1995
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#### 12 Publication of information relating to unclaimed money
12 Publication of information relating to unclaimed money
> > (1) The Chief Commissioner must publish sufficient information about the existence of each sum of unclaimed money paid to the Chief Commissioner under this Act if—
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> > > (a) the amount exceeds $100 or another amount prescribed by the regulations, and
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> > > (b) the identity of the owner of the money is known.
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> > (2) The Chief Commissioner may also publish sufficient information about the existence of each sum of unclaimed money if—
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> > > (a) the amount—
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> > > > (i) does not exceed $100 and is specified in a return under section 10(1AA) and paid to the Chief Commissioner, or
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> > > > (ii) is paid to the Treasurer under the [Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-016), section 14 or the [Trustee Companies Act 1964](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1964-006), section 26, and
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> > > (b) the identity of the owner of the money is known.
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> > (3) The Chief Commissioner may determine how information is published under this section.
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> > Example—
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> > Information may be published on Revenue NSW’s website.
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > sufficient information means information the Chief Commissioner considers sufficient to give reasonable notice of sums of unclaimed money.
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> **s 12:** Am 2001 No 22, Sch 5 \[1\]–\[3\]; 2003 No 80, Sch 7 \[2\]; 2010 No 46, Sch 12 \[1\]; 2015 No 7, Sch 2.43 \[1\]; 2016 No 14, Sch 6 \[3\]. Subst 2023 No 18, Sch 10\[3\].