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A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER) ACT 1999 - SECT 26

Access to certain information in the Australian Business Register

  (1)   The * Registrar may (on receiving payment of any prescribed fee) give a * person a copy of the entry in the * Australian Business Register relating to an * entity.

  (2)   Before the copy is given to the * person, the * Registrar must excise from it:

  (a)   any detail not listed in subsection   (3) or in regulations made under subsection   (3); and

  (b)   any detail that the Registrar is prohibited from disclosing under subsection   (4).

  (3)   The details are the following:

  (a)   the * entity's name;

  (b)   the entity's * ABN;

  (c)   the date of effect of the registration;

  (d)   any business name registered to the entity on the Business Names Register established and maintained under section   22 of the Business Names Registration Act 2011 ;

  (e)   the date of effect of any GST registration under section   25 - 10 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 ;

  (f)   the date of effect of any GST cancellation under section   25 - 60 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 ;

  (g)   any statement required to be entered in the * Australian Business Register in relation to the entity under section   30 - 229 or 195 - 140 of the * ITAA 1997;

  (ga)   any statement required to be entered in the * Australian Business Register in relation to the entity under section   426 - 65, 426 - 104 or 426 - 115 in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 ;

  (h)   the entity's Australian Company Number and Australian Registered Body Number (if any);

  (i)   the kind of entity;

  (j)   the State or Territory in which the entity's principal place of * business is located, and the postcode relating to the location;

  (ja)   if the entity is an * RSE licensee:

  (i)   the class of licence held by the licensee; and

  (ii)   the address for the licensee recorded by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority for the purposes of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 ; and

  (iii)   the licensee's postal address; and

  (iv)   the licensee's telephone number;

  (jb)   if the entity is a registrable superannuation entity within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 :

  (i)   the address for the entity recorded by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority for the purposes of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 ; and

  (ii)   the entity's postal address; and

  (iii)   the entity's telephone number; and

  (iv)   the entity's contact person; and

  (v)   the RSE licensee of the entity;

  (k)   any details prescribed in the regulations for the purposes of this section.

  (4)   If:

  (a)   a * person applies for a detail listed in subsection   (3), or in regulations made under subsection   (3), in relation to an * entity, not to be disclosed; and

  (b)   the * Registrar is satisfied that it is not appropriate to disclose the detail;

the Registrar must not disclose the detail under this section.

Note:   A decision refusing an application not to disclose details is a reviewable ABN decision.

  (5)   In addition to providing copies under subsection   (1), the * Registrar may make publicly available any details listed in subsection   (3), or in regulations made under subsection   (3), in relation to an * entity, other than any detail that the Registrar is prohibited from disclosing under subsection   (4).


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