Taxation Administration Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 5)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 280

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Taxation Administration Act 1953.

Dated 7 December 2011

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

BILL SHORTEN

Assistant Treasurer

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Taxation Administration Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 5).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Taxation Administration Regulations 1976

  Schedule 1 amends the Taxation Administration Regulations 1976.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] After Part 6

insert

Part 6A Confidentiality of taxpayer information

48 Disclosure of protected information by taxation officers — exception for law enforcement and related purposes

  For subsection 355-70 (12) of Schedule 1 to the Act, the taskforces in the table are prescribed.

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.