A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999

PART 2 - REGISTERING FOR ABN PURPOSES  

Division 4 - Registration  

SECTION 10   REGISTRAR MUST REGISTER YOU IF CONDITIONS MET  

10(1)    
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

(ii) are likely to be entitled to have an ABN by the date specified in your application; and

(c)    the Registrar is satisfied that your identity has been established; and

(ca)    

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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.

[ 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) .]

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History

S 10(1) amended by No 42 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 6 item 3, by inserting para (ca), applicable in relation to applications made under section 9 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 after 23 June 2009.

10(2)    

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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)    

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your identity, or that of an *associate referred to in paragraph (1)(ca) , is established.

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History

S 10(2) amended by No 42 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 6 item 4, by inserting " , or that of an *associate referred to in paragraph (1)(ca), " after " your identity " in para (b), applicable in relation to applications made under section 9 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 after 23 June 2009.

S 10(2) inserted by No 179 of 1999.

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