A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Regulations 1999

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 231

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.

Dated 22 September 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

c. r. kemp

Assistant Treasurer

A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Regulations 1999

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 2311

made under the

A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999

Contents

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Part 1 Preliminary

 1 Name of Regulations 

 2 Commencement 

 3 Definitions 

Part 2 Information for Australian Business Register

 4 Declarations 

 5 Details for any entity (Act s 25 (2)) 

 6 Details for certain entities (Act s 25 (2)) 

Part 3 Access to Australian Business Register

 7 Fee for copies (Act s 26 (1)) 

Part 1 Preliminary

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1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Regulations 1999.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Definitions

  In these Regulations:

Act means the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.

entity has the meaning given in section 37 of the Act.

Part 2 Information for Australian Business Register

4 Declarations

 (1) This regulation applies to:

 (a) a person applying for registration under section 9 of the Act; and

 (b) a person lodging information with the Registrar under section 15 of the Act.

 (2) The person must declare in writing that information given to the Registrar for the purposes of section 9 or 15 of the Act is accurate and complete.

5 Details for any entity (Act s 25 (2))

  For paragraph 25 (2) (b) of the Act, the Registrar must enter the following details for an entity:

 (a) either:

 (i) the business name registered for the entity under the law of a State or Territory; or

 (ii) if a business name is not registered for the entity — the name used for business purposes by the entity;

 (b) the entity’s principal place of business;

 (c) the kind of entity that is being registered;

 (d) the Australian New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification code for the business conducted by the entity.

6 Details for certain entities (Act s 25 (2))

  For paragraph 25 (2) (b) of the Act, the Registrar must also enter each of the following details that relates to the entity:

 (a) the entity’s Australian Company Number;

 (b) the entity’s Australian Registered Body Number;

 (c) the name of the entity’s public officer;

 (d) the name of the entity’s trustee or trustees;

 (e) the entity’s e-mail address;

 (f) the date of effect of the change of the entity’s ABN under Division 6 of Part 2 of the Act;

 (g) the date of effect of the cancellation of the entity’s registration in the Australian Business Register under that Division.

Part 3 Access to Australian Business Register

7 Fee for copies (Act s 26 (1))

 (1) For subsection 26 (1) of the Act, the fee payable for a copy of an entry in the Register is the sum of:

 (a) $20 for the first page of the copy; and

 (b) $0.10 per page for any subsequent page.

 (2) However, a fee is not payable for a single copy of an entry in the Register if the copy is given to the entity to which the entry relates.

1. Made by the Governor-General on 22 September 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 September 1999.