13Form of application

#### 13 Form of application (1) An application must: (a) be in writing; and (b) be in a form approved, in writing, by the Regulator; and (c) set out the account number of a Registry account of the applicant that should be specified in the certificate; and (d) be accompanied by such information as is specified in the regulations or the legislative rules; and (e) if, under the legislative rules, the application is subject to audit under this Act—be accompanied by an audit report that is: (i) prescribed by the legislative rules; and (ii) prepared by a registered greenhouse and energy auditor who has been appointed as an audit team leader for the purpose; and (ea) if: (i) under the legislative rules, a set of 2 or more applications made by the applicant is subject to audit under this Act; and (ii) the application is included in that set; be accompanied by an audit report that is: (iii) prescribed by the legislative rules; and (iv) prepared by a registered greenhouse and energy auditor who has been appointed as an audit team leader for the purpose; and (eb) if, before the application was given to the Regulator, the Regulator gave the applicant a written notice stating that the application would be subject to audit under this Act—be accompanied by an audit report that is: (i) prescribed by the legislative rules; and (ii) prepared by a registered greenhouse and energy auditor who has been appointed as an audit team leader for the purpose; and (ec) if a notice under section 77A is relevant to the application—be accompanied by a copy of that notice; and (f) be accompanied by the offsets report about the project for the relevant reporting period; and (g) be accompanied by such other documents (if any) as are specified in the regulations or the legislative rules; and (h) be accompanied by the fee (if any) specified in the regulations or the legislative rules. > Note 1: See also section 49 (applications for certificates of entitlement by registered native title bodies corporate). > Note 2: See also section 141 (applications for certificates of entitlement in relation to projects with multiple project proponents). (2) The Regulator must not give a notice under paragraph (1)(eb) unless the Regulator is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so, having regard to effective risk management. (4) The approved form of application may provide for verification by statutory declaration of statements in applications. (5) A fee specified under paragraph (1)(h) must not be such as to amount to taxation.