The organisation has to provide documentary and/or physical evidence for two purposes. The first is to prove that the organisation exists as a registered entity and the second is to prove that the applicant has appropriate authority over the domain name. This policy assumes that there is a link between the entity name and the domain name evident in a 'whois' search. This link should established an association between the registered entity and the applicant. (i.e. the organisation name, the domain name/s and the applicant's name can all be linked together through these mechanisms):
<li>The primary mechanism to prove existence of the organisation is to provide the ABN or other government registration number of the business that can be used to search the appropriate online register. This can take the form of a photocopy of the certificate issued by the business registrar accompanied by a letter on business letterhead. If an online search cannot be performed for the specific registrar your business is registered with, then an official extract will be required.</li>
<li>The primary mechanism to prove authority over the domain name/s in question is for the applicant to provide an official extract from the Australian business registrar containing the name and signature of the applicant as a current company officer, either via an online interface or via physical means (organisation is asked to carry the costs).</li>
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<li>An example of this is:
<br>The applicant performs an <abbrtitle="Australian Securities and Investments Commission">ASIC</abbr> or <abbrtitle="Dune and Bradstreet">D&B</abbr> document search for a lodged document that contains the name and signature of the applicant and proves the rights of the applicant over the company name.</li>
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<li>Such a document could be a "Company Check" or "Business Check" (see <ahref="http://www.dnb.com.au/express/about/about_dnbexpress_reports.asp">http://www.dnb.com.au/express/about/about_dnbexpress_reports.asp</a>).</li>
<li>This document should be made available to the OA by hyperlink to the <abbrtitle="Australian Securities and Investments Commission">ASIC</abbr> or <abbrtitle="Dune and Bradstreet">D&B</abbr> web site ensuring its authenticity or be an official extract (organisation is asked to carry the costs).</li>
<li>An acceptable alternative may be to place a randomly generated canonical name or text entry in the DNS zone file of the domain name in question. The randomly generated text is to be created by the OA and given to the the applicant with the COAP form. This process is to be approved by the AO for each organisation.</li>
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<li>If copies of official extracts from the official register are provided, they must be officially certified.</li>
<li>The organisation must agree to the terms of the <strong>CAcert Community Agreement</strong> by signing the COAP and will therefore be subject to Arbitration.</li>
<li>To prove the organisation in question exists an <abbrtitle="Australian Securities and Investments Commission">ASIC</abbr> search is to be performed using the given organisation number. This can be performed at this site <a
href="http://www.search.asic.gov.au/gns001.html">http://www.search.asic.gov.au/gns001.html</a>. A printout of this search should be made and retained.</li>
<li>This search can be extended with a <abbrtitle="Dune and Bradstreet">D&B</abbr> search which should also give the contact phone number for this company. This search can be performed at this site <ahref="http://www.dnb.com.au/express/default.asp">http://www.dnb.com.au/express/default.asp</a>. A copy of this search should be printed and retained. The phone number can be compared with any phone numbers provided by the applicant if any.</li>
<li>To help establish a link between the domain name and the company name a whois search is to be conducted and the registered business name compared to the ASIC search result.</li>
