(1) The claim for parental leave pay must contain the person's tax file number statement , which is a statement of the kind set out in subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5).
Statement of tax file number
(2) The first kind is a statement of the person's tax file number.
Statement that person does not know his or her tax file number
(3) The second kind is a statement that the person:
(a) has a tax file number but does not know what it is; and
(b) has asked the Commissioner of Taxation to inform the person of his or her tax file number; and
(c) authorises the Commissioner of Taxation to tell the Secretary:
(i) whether the person has a tax file number; and
(ii) if the person has a tax file number--that number.
Statement that an application for a tax file number is pending
(4) The third kind is a statement that the person:
(a) has an application for a tax file number pending; and
(b) authorises the Commissioner of Taxation to tell the Secretary:
(i) if a tax file number is issued to the person--that number; or
(ii) if the application is refused--that the application has been refused; or
(iii) if the application is withdrawn--that the application has been withdrawn.
Statement that a tax file number has previously been provided
(5) The fourth kind is a statement that the person's tax file number has previously been provided with an earlier claim for parental leave pay.