3Definitions

3 Definitions

In these Regulations:

ABN has the meaning given by section 41 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.

ACN has the meaning given by section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.

Act means the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011.

approved form means a form approved, in writing, by the Regulator for a provision of these Regulations.

ARBN has the meaning given by section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.

authorised representative means an individual who is nominated under either subregulation 9(2) or 32(1) to be an authorised representative for a particular Registry account.

cancellation day—see subregulation 43(2).

Carbon Farming Act means the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.

certified copy means:

(a) a copy of a document that has been certified as a true copy by a person prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 8(b) of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959; or
(b) if a person who is required to provide a document under these Regulations is not in Australia at the time the document must be provided—a copy of a document that has been certified as a true copy by:
(i) an Australian embassy, Australian High Commission or Australian consulate (other than a consulate headed by an honorary consul); or
(ii) a competent authority under the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents done at The Hague on 5 October 1961.

Note 1: Information about competent authorities under the convention can be found on the Hague Conference on Private International Law’s website at www.hcch.net.

Note 2: The text of this convention is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1995 No. 11 ([1995] ATS 11).

commitment period reserve—see regulation 4.

digital identity of an individual means a distinct electronic representation of the individual that enables the individual to be sufficiently distinguished when interacting online with services.

document verification service means the service known as the Australian Government Document Verification Service, or that service continuing in existence with a different name.