Tax Laws Amendment (Confidentiality of Taxpayer Information) Act 2010 (145 of 2010)

Schedule 2   Consequential amendments

Part 2   Application, transitional and savings provisions

125   Transitional provision - authorisations

(1) If, immediately before the commencement of this item, an officer of a law enforcement agency was an authorised law enforcement agency officer within the meaning of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (as in force at that time), the officer is taken, on and after that commencement, to be an authorised law enforcement agency officer within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

(2) If, immediately before the commencement of this item, a person employed under paragraph 84(1)(a) or (b) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 was an authorised ASIO officer within the meaning of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (as in force at that time), the person is taken, on and after that commencement, to be an authorised ASIO officer within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.