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Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2019

Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2020

Business Names Registration (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019

Business Names Registration (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Act 2020

Commonwealth Registers Bill 2019

Commonwealth Registers Act 2020

Corporations (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019

Corporations (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Act 2020

National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019

National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Act 2020

Explanatory Memorandum

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, the Hon Michael Sukkar MP)

Glossary

The following abbreviations and acronyms are used throughout this Explanatory Memorandum.

Abbreviation Definition
ABN Act A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999
ASIC Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Business Names Act The Business Names Registration Act 2011 and the Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011
CATSI Act The Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
Commissioner Commissioner of Taxation
Corporations Act Corporations Act 2001
Corporations Regulations Corporations Regulations 2001
Credit Act National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
Credit Regulations National Consumer Credit Protection Regulations 2010
DIN Director Identification Number
Fees Acts Business Names Registration (Fees) Act 2011; Business Names Registration (Fees) Act 2011; National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Act 2009; Superannuation Auditor Registration Imposition Act 2012
Fees Act The provisions of the Commonwealth Registers Bill 2019 together with the amendments in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2019 [ ]
registrar The Commonwealth body appointed to administer the new registry regime under the new Act
SMSF Self-managed superannuation fund
SIS Act Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

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