A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999
The *Registrar must register *you in the *Australian Business Register if: (a) you have applied under section 9 ; and (b) the Registrar is satisfied that you:
(i) are entitled to have an *ABN; or
(c) the Registrar is satisfied that your identity has been established; and (ca) if details about an *associate of yours were requested in the *approved form for registration - the Registrar is satisfied that the identity of the associate has been established; and (d) you are not already registered in the Register.
(ii) are likely to be entitled to have an ABN by the date specified in your application; and
[ CCH Note: S 10(1) will be amended by No 69 of 2020 (as amended by No 35 of 2022), s 3 and Sch 1 items 30 - 32, by omitting " in the *Australian Business Register " , substituting " process " for " *approved form " in para (ca) and " under this section " for " in the Register " in para (d), effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation. For application and transitional provisions, see note under s 9A(2) .]
10(2)
The *Registrar may request *you to give the Registrar specified information or a specified document the Registrar needs to be satisfied that: (a) you are entitled to have an *ABN; or (b) your identity, or that of an *associate referred to in paragraph (1)(ca) , is established.
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