Who can apply to have their ABN details suppressed
A person can apply to have details relating to an entity in the Australian Business Register suppressed. For example, where:
- a person believes that, if the details appear on the public register, they may cause harm to them or those associated with them. For example, where domestic abuse and violence orders are in place
- the public availability of ABR details may endanger a person who is employed in certain fields. For example, psychiatric doctors dealing with dangerous patients, or
- the Registrar of the ABR determines that disclosing certain details are not in the public interest.
A written request for suppression of ABR details must be accompanied by a statutory declaration, giving the reasons for the suppression, and the relevant supporting documentation.
Examples of supporting information are:
- a copy of a police report
- a court order
- a copy of a phone bill showing the entity has a silent number, or
- a copy of an electoral roll letter showing the entity is a silent voter.
The Registrar has the discretion to allow certain government agencies access to both public and non-public ABR details. When a client's record is suppressed on the ABR, these agencies are instructed to remove from their records, ABR details relating to that client's record.
The Registrar has no authority to instruct an agency to delete information that they have obtained from a source other than the ABR.
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