Superannuation Laws Amendment (Capital Gains Tax Relief and Other Efficiency Measures) Act 2012 (158 of 2012)

Schedule 4   Improving efficiency and data quality in the superannuation system

Part 1   Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

Division 3   Tax file numbers

Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

19   At the end of Division 1 of Part 25A

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299CA Use of tax file number to validate information

(1) This section applies if, after the commencement of this section, an employee:

(a) quotes his or her tax file number to his or her employer in connection with the operation, or the possible future operation, of this Act and the other Superannuation Acts; or

(b) quotes his or her tax file number to his or her employer in connection with the operation of Division 3 of Part VA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

Note: Division 3 of Part VA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 deals with quotation of tax file numbers by recipients of eligible PAYG payments.

(2) The employer may use the tax file number in a manner connecting it with the person's identity for the purpose of asking the Commissioner of Taxation to validate information about the person under section 299TE.