Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

A NEW TAX SYSTEM (AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER) ACT 1999 - SECT 9A

             (1)  If * you are registered in the * Australian Business Register, or you are applying to be so registered, you may make an application to the * Registrar requesting the Registrar to register details about a nominated representative (who is an individual) for the purpose of facilitating your electronic dealings with * government entities.

             (2)  An application must be in the * approved form.

             (3)  That form may request, but not compel, the provision of:

                     (a)  the * TFN of the representative; and

                     (b)  the TFN of the individual (the nominating individual ) who is to sign the declaration in the form.

Note:          Including a TFN in an application will not be an offence against subsection 8WB(1) of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (see paragraph 8WB(1A)(a) of that Act).