169Online Platform

169 Online Platform

(1) The rules may make provision for and in relation to empowering the Regulator to maintain an online platform for any of the following purposes: (a) facilitating the trading of any of the following: (i) biodiversity certificates; (ii) other certificates, units or credits (however described, and whether issued under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, or in some other way) that relate to biodiversity projects; (b) facilitating arrangements between project proponents, or prospective project proponents, of registered biodiversity projects and prospective purchasers of biodiversity certificates; (c) facilitating arrangements relating to biodiversity projects that are not, and are not intended to be, registered under this Act; (d) any other purpose incidental or related to any of the above. (2) The rules must not require a person to use the online platform in order to: (a) be the project proponent of a registered biodiversity project; or (b) be issued with, hold or deal with a biodiversity certificate; or (c) otherwise receive the benefit of any other provision of this Act.