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(1) For the purpose of identification of tax payers and promoting tax compliance, the Commissioner-General shall maintain a system of

(a) taxpayer identification numbers; and

(b) tax clearance certificates.

(2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make Regulations to provide for

(a) the integration of the taxpayer identification number system with a common numbering system for identification of persons by other public bodies;

(b) the coordinated joint administration of the taxpayer identification number or common numbering system by the Authority and other public bodies; and

(c) the delegation to a public body of the power conferred on the Commissioner-General with respect to the taxpayer identification number system.