Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If the Secretary is satisfied that a person is a foreign government related entity or a foreign government related individual, the Secretary may issue a notice (a provisional transparency notice ) stating that the person is a foreign government related entity or a foreign government related individual (as the case requires).
Note: The Secretary's powers to obtain information or documents under section 46 may assist the Secretary to be satisfied about whether a person is a foreign government related entity or foreign government related individual.
(2) The provisional transparency notice must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) include such details as the Secretary considers necessary to identify the person who is the subject of the notice.
Note 1: The Secretary must make provisional transparency notices publicly available on a website (see subsection 43(2A)).
Note 2: Section 14C provides for the person who is the subject of the notice to make submissions about the notice. A decision to issue a provisional transparency notice is also reviewable (see section 14H). Notice of review rights must be provided on the website with the provisional transparency notice (see subsection 43(2A)).