Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Regulations 2011
27Voluntary closure of Registry accounts
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27 Voluntary closure of Registry accounts
(1) The Regulator may, for subsection 15(1) of the Act, close a Registry account kept in the name of a person, if: (a) the person, by written notice, requests the Regulator to close the account; and (b) there are no entries for any Australian carbon credit units in the account; and (c) there are no entries for any Kyoto units in the account; and (d) there are no entries for any safeguard mechanism credit units in the account. Compliance with request (2) The Regulator must: (a) comply with the request as soon as practicable after receiving it; and (b) notify the person making the request as soon as practicable after the account is closed. (3) The Registry must set out a record of each closure under this regulation.