13Information technology requirements for signature

13 Information technology requirements for signature

(1) The information technology requirements in this section and section 15 apply to a person who is required to sign an electronic communication with the Department under:

(a) Division 3 or 4 of Part IV of the Act; or

(b) Division 2 of Part VI of the Act; or

(c) Section 163 of the Act; or

(d) Part IX of the Act.

(2) A communication by an EDI message attached to an S/MIME SMTP email or delivered by MQ must be digitally signed and encrypted using PKI in accordance with the Commonwealth’s Gatekeeper® strategy.

(3) A communication by an API must be digitally authenticated with a machine credential that is registered in Home Affairs Access Manager in accordance with the Commonwealth’s Gatekeeper® Strategy.