Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2020 (69 of 2020)

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to the Registrar

Part 1   Main amendments

National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

14   Subsection 5(1)

Insert:

Australian business law means a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, that is a law that regulates, or relates to the regulation of, business or persons engaged in business.

Commonwealth body means:

(a) an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999); or

(b) a body, whether incorporated or not, established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth; or

(c) a person:

(i) holding or performing the duties of an office established by or under a law of the Commonwealth; or

(ii) holding an appointment made under a law of the Commonwealth.

data standards means standards made by the Registrar under section 212H.

designated secrecy provision has the meaning given by subsection 212N(3).

disclosure framework means the disclosure framework made by the Registrar under section 212L.

government entity has the meaning given by section 41 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.

official employment means:

(a) appointment or employment by the Commonwealth, or the performance of services for the Commonwealth; or

(b) the exercise of powers or performance of functions under a delegation by the Registrar.

protected information means information:

(a) obtained by a person in the course of the person's official employment; and

(b) disclosed to the person or another person, or obtained by the person or another person:

(i) under, or in relation to, this Act; or

(ii) under another law of the Commonwealth;

in connection with particular functions or powers of the Registrar.

Registrar has the meaning given by section 16B.

secrecy provision has the meaning given by subsection 212N(2).

taxation law has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.