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Prudential Regulation Authority can make legislative instruments which approve the manner of quoting TFNs.

  6.      Meaning of terms
  (1)   Unless the contrary intention appears, any term used in the TFN Rule which is defined in the Privacy Act has the same meaning as in that Act.

  (2)   In this TFN Rule:

Approved recipient means a TFN recipient that:

       (a)   is engaged by an authorised recipient to provide services where it is reasonably necessary to have access to TFN information; or
       (b)   has obtained an individual's consent to access their TFN, to help manage that individual's taxation, superannuation or personal assistance affairs.

APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.

Assistance agency means:

       (a)   the Department of Human Services (which administers the Centrelink, Child Support Agency and Medicare Programs)
       (b)   the Department of Social Services
       (c)    the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
       (d)   the Department of Veterans' Affairs, or
       (e)   any successor agency to an agency referred to in (a) to (d) above, or any other successor agency or agencies which may have responsibilities under an Administrative Arrangements Order for administration of provisions of a personal assistance law.

Authorised recipient means a TFN recipient (other than the Commissioner of Taxation or an assistance agency) that is authorised by taxation law, personal assistance law or superannuation law to receive TFNs.

Individual means a natural person.

Personal assistance law means:

       (a)   an Act or part of an Act referred to in the definition of 'personal assistance' in the Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990
       (b)   sections of the following Acts that deal with handling TFNs:
            (i)            the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
            (ii)          the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
            (iii)        the Child Care Act 1972
            (iv)        the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
            (v)          the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
       (c)    the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
           (i)        the Social Security Act 1991
            (ii)          the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
            (iii)        the Student Assistance Act 1973
            (iv)        the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
       (d)   the Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990, or
       (e)   relevant legislative instruments made under any Act (including such a part of an Act) referred to in (a) to (c) above.

Privacy Act means the Privacy Act 1988.

SIS Act means the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993.

Superannuation law means:

       (a)   the SIS Act
       (b)   the First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008
       (c)    a law within the meaning of 'Superannuation Acts' under the SIS Act and the First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008
       (d)   the Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997
       (e)   an Act or part of an Act for which APRA has the general administration that deals with the handling