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#### 15 Information to accompany application
An application for the declaration of an offsets project as an eligible offsets project must be accompanied by the following information:
(a) the applicant’s full name, address and contact details;
(b) the applicant’s business name or trading name, if different from the full name;
(c) the address of the applicant’s principal place of business;
(d) the applicant’s ABN, ACN, ARBN, GST registration number, Indigenous corporation number or other unique number;
(e) the applicant’s status as one of the following:
(i) an individual, including an individual who is a sole trader;
(ii) a body corporate;
(iii) a corporation sole;
(iv) a body politic;
(v) a local governing body;
(vi) a trust;
(f) if the applicant is an individual (including an individual who is a sole trader)—the following:
(i) the individual’s date of birth and residential address;
(ii) any other name by which the individual is known;
(iii) in the case that the individual is a sole trader—each jurisdiction in which the sole trader operates as a sole trader;
(g) if the applicant is a body corporate—the following:
(i) the full name and date of birth of each executive officer of the body;
(ii) a description of the form in which the body has been incorporated;
(iii) each jurisdiction in which the body operates;
(iv) in the case that the body is a foreign person—the full name, address and contact details of any Australian agent through which the body conducts business;
(h) if the applicant is a trust—the following:
(i) the full name and address of each trustee of the trust;
(ii) a description of the type of trust the trust is;
(iii) each jurisdiction in which the trust operates;
(iv) for each trustee that is an individual—the information mentioned in paragraph (f);
(v) for each trustee that is a body corporate—the information mentioned in paragraphs (d) and (g);
(i) if the applicant is a trust (other than a trust that is a government superannuation fund established by legislation or a trust registered and subject to the regulatory oversight of a Commonwealth statutory regulator in relation to its activities as a trust)—the following:
(i) details of any class of beneficiaries identified by the terms of the trust;
(ii) the full name and date of birth of each beneficiary of the trust who is an individual (except an individual who is a beneficiary only because the individual is a member of a class mentioned in subparagraph (i));
(iii) the name (and any business name or trading name, if different) of each beneficiary of the trust who is not an individual (except a person who is a beneficiary only because the person is a member of a class mentioned in subparagraph (i));
(j) if the applicant is a corporation sole—the full name and address of the individual constituting the corporation sole;
(k) if the applicant is an incorporated association, or a registered cooperative, that does not have a registered address or principal place of business—the full name and address of a public officer, secretary, president or treasurer of the body;
(l) if the applicant is a proprietary or private company (other than a company that is a publicly listed company in Australia or a wholly owned subsidiary of such a company or a company that is licensed and subject to the regulatory oversight of a Commonwealth statutory regulator in relation to its activities as a company)—the full name and address of any individual who owns, through one or more shareholdings, over 25% of the issued capital in the company.