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A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999
SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE
SECTION 2 COMMENCEMENT
SECTION 3 OBJECTS
SECTION 4 CROWN BOUND BY THIS ACT
SECTION 5 APPLICATION TO GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, NON-PROFIT SUB-ENTITIES, SUPERANNUATION FUNDS AND CERTAIN RSE LICENSEES
SECTION 5A APPLICATION TO RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
SECTION 6 APPLICATION OF CRIMINAL CODE
SECTION 7 APPLICATION TO THE EXTERNAL TERRITORIES
SECTION 8 ARE YOU ENTITLED TO AN ABN ?
SECTION 9 APPLYING FOR AN ABN
SECTION 9A APPLYING FOR REGISTRATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
SECTION 10 REGISTRAR MUST REGISTER YOU IF CONDITIONS MET
SECTION 10A REGISTRAR MUST REGISTER YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IF CONDITIONS MET
SECTION 11 STEPS TAKEN BY REGISTRAR TO REGISTER YOU
SECTION 11A STEPS TAKEN BY REGISTRAR TO REGISTER YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
SECTION 12 IF YOU ARE REGISTERED, NOTICES MAY BE SENT TO YOU AT YOUR REGISTERED ADDRESS FOR SERVICE
SECTION 13 REFUSAL TO REGISTER
SECTION 14 YOU MUST NOTIFY REGISTRAR OF CHANGES TO MATTERS SET OUT IN THE REGISTER
SECTION 15 OBLIGATION TO GIVE REGISTRAR INFORMATION IF REQUESTED
SECTION 16 APPLICATION OF SECTIONS 14 AND 15 TO PARTNERSHIPS, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS AND BODIES AND CERTAIN RSE LICENSEES
SECTION 17 REGISTRAR MAY CHANGE YOUR ABN
SECTION 18 WHEN YOUR REGISTRATION CAN BE CANCELLED
SECTION 19 REINSTATING YOUR REGISTRATION
### (Repealed) SECTION 20 APPLICATIONS AND NOTICES MUST BE SIGNED
SECTION 21 REVIEW OF REVIEWABLE ABN DECISIONS
### (Repealed) SECTION 22 STATEMENT OF RIGHTS TO SEEK REVIEW
SECTION 23 IDENTIFICATION OFFENCES
SECTION 24 THE AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS REGISTER
SECTION 25 ENTRIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS REGISTER
SECTION 26 ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS REGISTER
SECTION 27 EVIDENTIARY VALUE OF THE AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS REGISTER
### (Repealed) SECTION 27A REVIEW OF DECISIONS
### (Repealed) SECTION 27B STATEMENT OF RIGHTS TO SEEK REVIEW
SECTION 28 THE REGISTRAR
SECTION 29 ANNUAL REPORT ON OPERATION OF THIS ACT
SECTION 29A ADJUSTMENTS TO DETAILS
SECTION 30 PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION
SECTION 31 REGULATIONS
SECTION 32 WHEN DEFINED TERMS ARE IDENTIFIED
SECTION 33 WHEN TERMS ARE NOT IDENTIFIED
SECTION 34 IDENTIFYING THE DEFINED TERM IN A DEFINITION
SECTION 35 WHAT FORMS PART OF THIS ACT
SECTION 36 WHAT DOES NOT FORM PART OF THIS ACT
Division 14 - Meaning of some important concepts
SECTION 41 DICTIONARY

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