Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Bank Account Debits Tax Administration Act 1982 No. 142 of 1982 - SECT 57

57. (1) A bank that carries on banking business in Australia may appoint an
officer or officers of the bank to be a representative officer or
representative officers of the bank for the purposes of this Act and, unless
exempted by the Commissioner, shall ensure that, at all times after the
expiration of one month after the commencement of this Act, or after the day
on which the bank commences to carry on banking business in Australia,
whichever is the later, there is at least one officer who holds an appointment
as such a representative officer and, in respect of each day on which a bank
fails to comply with this sub-section, the bank is guilty of a separate
offence punishable on conviction by a penalty not exceeding $50.

(2) Where a bank appoints, or terminates the appointment of, an officer of the
bank as a representative officer of the bank for the purposes of this Act, the
bank shall, not later than 7 days after the day of the appointment or
termination, notify the Commissioner in writing-

   (a)  in the case of an appointment-of the name of the officer appointed and
        an address at which documents may be served on that officer; and

   (b)  in the case of a termination of appointment-of that fact, and, if the
        bank fails so to notify the Commissioner within those 7 days, the bank
        is, in respect of each subsequent day until it so notifies the
        Commissioner, guilty of a separate offence punishable on conviction by
        a penalty not exceeding $50.

(3) A bank may at any time notify the Commissioner in writing of a new address
at which documents may be served on a representative officer of the bank in
lieu of the address previously notified under this section.

(4) A document purporting to be a return furnished by a bank under this Act
shall be deemed not to be such a return unless-

   (a)  the document is signed either by a representative officer of the bank
        or-

        (i)    in a case to which sub-paragraph (ii) does not apply-by a
               senior officer of the bank; or

        (ii)   if the document relates to a branch or branches of the bank-by
               a senior officer of the bank or a senior officer of the branch
               or one of the branches to which the document relates; and

   (b)  the document specifies an address at which documents relating to the
        document may be served on the bank.

(5) Without prejudice to any other method of service of a document on a bank,
a document shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act or the regulations to
have been served on a bank if the document was-

   (a)  delivered, or sent by post, to a representative officer of the bank at
        the address, or the latest address, as the case may be, notified to
        the Commissioner in relation to that officer under this section; or

   (b)  in the case of a document relating to a return-delivered, or sent by
        post, to the bank at the address for service specified in the return.