16Identity evidence to accompany application

16 Identity evidence to accompany application

(1) An application for the declaration of an offsets project as an eligible offsets project must be accompanied by the following: (a) if the applicant is an individual, or is a kind of applicant mentioned in an item of the table in subsection (1A)—identity evidence for the applicant; (b) if the applicant is a body corporate that does not have an ABN—identity evidence for the following: (i) in the case that the applicant is either a foreign person that is a public company or a body that has no more than one executive officer—one executive officer of the applicant; (ii) otherwise—2 executive officers of the applicant; (c) if the applicant is a trust, and at least one trustee of the trust is an individual—identity evidence for each trustee who is an individual; (d) if the applicant is a trust, and at least one trustee is a body corporate that does not have an ABN, identity evidence in respect of each such body corporate for the following: (i) in the case that the body corporate is either a foreign person that is a public company or a body that has no more than one executive officer—one executive officer of the body corporate; (ii) otherwise—2 executive officers of the body corporate. (1A) For subsection (1), an application is accompanied by identity evidence for a person if: (a) in the case of a person that is a kind of applicant mentioned in an item of the following table—certified copies of each document set out in the item are provided to the Regulator with the application; or (b) in the case of a person that is an individual: (i) the person consents to the transfer of the person’s digital identity from an identity service provider to the Regulator and the Regulator is able to accept that digital identity from that provider; or (ii) certified copies of the documents mentioned in each paragraph in subsection (1B) that applies to the person are provided to the Regulator with the application.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:404.8pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Documents required to establish applicant’s identity</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:116.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Applicant</span></p></td><td style="width:242pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Documents</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:116.3pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>An applicant that is a body corporate</span></p></td><td style="width:242pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>The following:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(a) the certificate of the body’s incorporation (if any);</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(b) the certificate of the body’s registration (if any) with the Australian Securities Investment Commission;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(c) if the body is not registered in Australia—the certificate of the body’s registration (if any) with a registry established under a law of a foreign country;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(d) if there is no certificate of the body’s incorporation—a document with similar effect;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(e) if there is no certificate of the body’s registration—a document with similar effect.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:116.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>An applicant that is an incorporated association or a registered cooperative</span></p></td><td style="width:242pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>Other documentary evidence that the body exists (for example, an annual report or the body’s constitution).</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:116.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>An applicant that is a trust</span></p></td><td style="width:242pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>The following:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(a) if there is a trust deed—the deed, or an extract of the deed, that identifies the trustees and beneficiaries (or classes of beneficiary);</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(b) if there is no trust deed—either:</span></p><p class="Tablei" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(i) a document with similar effect to a trust deed; or</span></p><p class="Tablei" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(ii) the certificate of registration as a trust (if any);</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(c) for each trustee that is a body corporate—the documents mentioned in items</span><span> </span><span>1 and 2 (as applicable).</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>