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Unclaimed Money Act 2008
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10 Identity cards
(1) The Registrar must issue an identity card to each authorised officer appointed by the Registrar.
(2) An identity card issued to an authorised officer under this section must—
(a) contain a photograph of the authorised officer; and
(b) contain the signature of the authorised officer; and
(c) contain a statement that the person is an authorised officer for the purposes of the Act;
(d) be signed by the Registrar.
Part 3—Business and trustees
Division 1—Obligations of business in respect of unclaimed money
11 Business to keep business register
(1) A business that holds unclaimed money within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition of ***unclaimed money*** in section 3(1) must—
(a) establish a business register of unclaimed money, in the prescribed form at, or readily accessible from, its principal office or place of business in Victoria; and
(b) by 31 March each year, enter in the business register the prescribed details in relation to unclaimed money held as at 1 March in that year.
Failure to comply with this subsection is an offence—see section 17.
(2) The entry of details of unclaimed money in the business register does not affect or prejudice the rights of the owner of the unclaimed money and the owner may recover the unclaimed money from the business at any time before it is paid to the Registrar under section 12.
(3) A business may deduct out of unclaimed money payable to an owner an amount in respect of the reasonable expenses of a business in holding unclaimed money and locating the owner.