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s 23

Identification offences

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Part 2Registering for ABN purposes
Division 9Offences

23 Identification offences

(1)

*You must not purport to identify yourself by using:

(a)

a number that is not an *ABN as if it were an ABN; or

(b)

an ABN that is not your own.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(2)

*You must not purport to identify an *entity that is an *associate of yours by using:

(a)

a number that is not an *ABN as if it were an ABN; or

(b)

an ABN that is not the entity’s own ABN.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(3)

*You commit an offence if:

(a)

you purport to identify yourself as being registered under this Act as the representative of an *entity; and

(b)

you are not the registered representative of the entity.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

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