Accountants Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Administration of Act
8C. Cessation of exclusion of residential address from public access
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For the purposes of section 8B(2), the grounds for causing an individual’s residential address to cease to be excluded from public access under section 8(2)(b) are either that —
residential address
“residential address”, in relation to an individual, means the individual’s usual place of residence;
communications sent by the Registrar under this Act, or any officer of the Authority under any ACRA administered Act, to the individual at his or her contact address and requiring a response within a specified period remain unanswered; or
there is evidence to show that service of any document under this Act or under any ACRA administered Act at the individual’s contact address is not effective to bring it to the notice of the individual.
Before causing the individual’s residential address to cease to be excluded from public access pursuant to section 8B(2), the Registrar must give a notice under subsection (3) to —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Public Accountants appointed by the Authority under section 7(1)(a) and includes a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar appointed under section 7(1)(b);
the individual; and
every accounting LLP or accounting corporation in respect of which the individual’s residential address had been recorded in any register maintained under section 8(1).
The notice mentioned in subsection (2) must —
state the grounds under subsection (1) on which the Registrar intends to cease the exclusion of the individual’s residential address; and
specify the period within which representations may be made to the Registrar.
The Registrar must consider the representations (if any) given in response to the notice mentioned in subsection (2) and received within the period specified by the Registrar under subsection (3)(b).
If the Registrar decides to cause the individual’s residential address to cease being excluded from public access, the Registrar must before doing so give notice of the decision to —
the individual; and
every accounting LLP or accounting corporation in respect of which the individual’s residential address had been recorded in any register maintained under section 8(1).
A notice to the individual under subsection (2) or (5) must be sent to the individual’s residential address unless it appears to the Registrar that service at that address may be ineffective to bring it to the individual’s notice, in which case it may be sent to any other last known address of that individual.
Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Registrar under section 8B(2) may, within 30 days after the date of receiving the notice under subsection (5), appeal to the Court which may confirm or reverse the Registrar’s decision and make any directions in the matter.
The individual is not allowed to provide a contact address within 3 years after the Registrar causes the individual’s residential address to cease to be excluded from public access under section 8(2)(b) pursuant to section 8B(2), unless the Registrar is satisfied that there is good cause for allowing the individual to do so in a particular case.
contact address
“contact address”, in relation to an individual, means an address that meets all of the following conditions:(a)it is a physical address at which the individual can be physically found or contacted by post;(b)it is not a post office box number;(c)it is located in the same jurisdiction as the individual’s residential address;
Subject to subsection (8), where notice of a change in the individual’s contact address is lodged under any ACRA administered Act, the Registrar must replace the individual’s contact address in each register maintained under section 8(1) with the new contact address.
ACRA administered Act
“ACRA administered Act” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004 or any of the written laws specified in the Second Schedule to that Act;