When your registration can be cancelled
18 When your registration can be cancelled
On Registrar’s initiative
The *Registrar may cancel *your registration in the *Australian Business Register if satisfied that:
you are registered under an identity that is not your true identity; or
at the time you were registered, you were not entitled to have an *ABN; or
you are no longer entitled to have an ABN.
If your registration is cancelled, you cease to have an ABN (see the definition of ABN in section 41).
A decision to cancel your registration is a reviewable ABN decision.
The *Registrar may cancel the registration of *your representative in the *Australian Business Register if satisfied that:
your registration is cancelled under subsection (1); or
the representative no longer represents you; or
the representative is registered under an identity that is not the representative’s true identity; or
the representative’s identity is no longer satisfactorily established.
A decision to cancel the registration of your representative is a reviewable ABN decision.
The *Registrar must notify *you of the cancellation. The notification must state:
the reasons for the cancellation; and
the date of effect of the cancellation.
A decision setting the date of effect of a cancellation is a reviewable ABN decision.
The date of effect of the cancellation may be any of the following:
the date on which *you are given notice under subsection (2);
a specified date in the future;
a date before the date on which the notice is given.
At your request
The *Registrar may:
cancel *your registration if you apply to the Registrar for cancellation of the registration in the *approved form; or
cancel the registration of your representative, if you apply to the Registrar for cancellation of the registration in the approved form.
A decision to refuse to cancel your registration or that of your representative is a reviewable ABN decision.
The *Registrar must notify *you of the cancellation and the date of effect of the cancellation.
A decision setting the date of effect of a cancellation is a reviewable ABN decision.
The date of effect of the cancellation may be any of the following:
the date on which *you are given notice under subsection (5);
a specified date in the future;
a date before the date on which the notice is given.
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