Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD CARE PAYMENTS ACT 1997 No. 195 of 1997 - SECT 44

(a) if the claimant has a ^* tax file number--to give the Secretary a written statement of the claimant's tax file number; or

(b) if the claimant does not have a tax file number:

(i) to apply to the Commissioner of Taxation for a tax file number; and

(ii) to give the Secretary a written statement of the claimant's tax file number after the Commissioner of Taxation has issued it.

(3) The Secretary may exempt the claimant from having to comply with the request.

(4) If the claim is a ^* prospective claim, the consequences of failing to comply with the request are as set out in subsection 34(1).

(5) If the claim is a ^* retrospective claim:

(a) the determination of the claim may be deferred until the end of the period of 28 days after the request is made; and

(b) the claim is taken not to have been made if:

(i) at the end of that period, the person has not complied with the request; and

(ii) the Secretary has not exempted the person from having to comply with the request.