19Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders

19 Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders

(1) This regulation applies in relation to an individual who is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander who is unable to meet the requirements of regulation 18. (2) A person making a request must give the Regulator a reference by an authorised referee that verifies the individual’s identity. (3) The authorised referee may confirm the individual’s identity from any records within the referee’s keeping or control. (4) In this regulation:

Aboriginal person means a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia.

authorised referee, for an individual, means a person who:

(a) is not the individual’s parent, grandparent, sibling, child or grandchild; and
(b) has known the individual for at least 12 months; and
(c) is one of the following:
(i) the chairperson, Secretary or chief executive officer of an incorporated indigenous organisation, including a land council, community council or housing organisation;
(ii) the individual’s employer;
(iii) a school principal or a school counsellor;
(iv) a minister of religion;
(v) a medical practitioner;
(vi) a treating health professional or a manager in an Aboriginal Medical Service;
(vii) a person who has been an officer in a Department of State in the Commonwealth or a State or Territory for at least 5 years.

Torres Strait Islander means a descendant of an indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands.

treating health professional has the meaning given by section 197 of the Social Security Act 1991.