34Requirements about dealings with the Registry

34 Requirements about dealings with the Registry

(1) A registered holder must not gain, or try to gain, unauthorised access to the Registry, the Registry’s server, or any other server, computer or database related to the Registry. (2) A registered holder: (a) must maintain the security of user names and passwords issued to the holder and to its authorised representatives (if any) for the purpose of accessing the Registry; and (b) must not allow any other person to gain, or try to gain, unauthorised access to the Registry, the Registry’s server, or any other server, computer or database related to the Registry; and (c) must ensure that its authorised representative does not allow another person to gain unauthorised access to the Registry, as described in paragraph (b). (3) A registered holder must not damage or corrupt, or try to damage or corrupt, any software or data related to the Registry. (4) A registered holder must not initiate a Registry transaction in relation to: (a) an Australian carbon credit unit; or (b) a Kyoto unit; that the registered holder knows, or ought reasonably to know, has been incorrectly transferred to the registered holder’s account.

Note: Civil penalties, including those for ancillary contraventions, apply to a failure to comply with the requirements of this regulation—see section 27 of the Act.