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Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 97/175)
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liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (4) A request under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

Part 6‑7A—Director identification numbers

308‑1  What this Part is about
      Directors of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations, and possibly other officers, are required to have director identification numbers. The Commonwealth Registrar gives director identification numbers on application from those directors or other officers.
Note: The Commonwealth Registrar is appointed under the Commonwealth Registers Act 2020: see section 694‑120 of this Act.

308‑5  Giving and cancelling director identification numbers
 (1) The Commonwealth Registrar must, by notifying a person who has applied under section 308‑10, give the person a director identification number if the Commonwealth Registrar is satisfied that the person's identity has been established.
 (1A) The Commonwealth Registrar may make a request of the person under subsection (5) for the purposes of satisfying the Commonwealth Registrar that the person's identity has been established.
 (2) The Commonwealth Registrar must make a record of the person's director identification number.
 (3) The Commonwealth Registrar may, by notifying a person, cancel the person's director identification number if:
 (a) the Commonwealth Registrar is no longer satisfied that the person's identity has been established; or
 (b) the Commonwealth Registrar has given the person another director identification number.
 (4) If:
 (a) at the time the person is given a director identification number under this section, the person is not an eligible officer; and
 (b) the person does not, within 12 months after that time, become an eligible officer;
the person's director identification number is taken to have been cancelled at the end of the 12 month period.
 (5) The Commonwealth Registrar may request, but not compel, the person:
 (a) if the person has a tax file number—to give the Commonwealth Registrar the person's tax file number; or
 (b) if the person 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 Commonwealth Registrar the person's tax file number after the Commissioner of Taxation has issued it.

308‑10  Applying for a director identification number
 (1) An eligible officer may apply to the Commonwealth Registrar for a director identification number if the officer does not already have a director identification number.
 (2) The Commonwealth Registrar may direct an eligible officer to apply to the Commonwealth Registrar for a director identification number (whether or not the officer already has a director identification number).
 (3) A person who is not an eligible officer may apply to the Commonwealth Registrar for a director identification number if:
 (a) the person intends to become an eligible officer within 12 months after applying; and
 (b) the person