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CACert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy for Ireland
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CAcert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy for Ireland
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<a href="../PolicyOnPolicy.html"><img src="../Images/cacert-wip.png" alt="CAcert Policy Status" height="31" width="88" style="border-style: none;" /></a><br />
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Author: Sam Johnston<br />
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Creation date: 2008-03-25<br />
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Status: WIP 2008-04-25<br />
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Next status: DRAFT 04-2008<br />
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0. Preliminaries
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This CAcert sub-policy extends the Organisation Assurance Policy ("OAP") by specifying how the CAcert Organisation Assurance Program ("COAP") is to be conducted by the assigned Organisation Assurer ("OA") under the supervision of the Assurance Officer ("AO") for entities within the defined scope.
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1. Scope
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This sub-policy is applicable to:<br />
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<li>Irish legal entities:<br />
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
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<li>Sole Traders
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<li>Partnerships
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<li>Companies
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2. Requirements
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This section describes any scope specific requirements that are not otherwise defined in the OAP.
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2.1 Organisation
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<li>For sole traders and partnerships operating under their own name(s), business name registration is OPTIONAL.
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<li>Applicants MUST be a valid legal entity but MAY have an arbitrary number of registered trading names.
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2.2 Records
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<li>Digital Signatures MAY be accepted in Ireland under the implementation of European Directive 2000/31/EC by way of the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000.
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<li>Historic documents MAY be accepted where it can be proven that material changes have not been made (eg via absence of subsequent submissions in official document listings).
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</li>
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</ol>
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2.3 Application Form
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<li>The licensing authority MUST be specified as 'Companies Registration Office, Ireland' where applicable (OPTIONAL for sole traders and partnerships operating under their own name(s)).
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</li>
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<li>Company Number or Business Name Number MUST be specified where applicable (OPTIONAL for sole traders and partnerships operating under their own name(s)).
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</li>
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3. Registration
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3.1 Registries
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<li>Companies Registration Office ("CRO") [<a title="Companies Registration Office" href="http://www.cro.ie/">http://www.cro.ie/</a>]<br />
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<li>Company Search [<a title="Company Search" href="http://www.cro.ie/search/">http://www.cro.ie/search/</a>]<br />
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<li>IE Domain Registry Ltd [<a title="IE Domain Registry Ltd" href="http://www.domainregistry.ie/">http://www.domainregistry.ie/</a>]<br />
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<li>.ie ccTLD WHOIS [<a title=".ie WHOIS" href="http://www.domainregistry.ie/cgi-bin/whois.cgi">http://www.domainregistry.ie/cgi-bin/whois.cgi</a>]<br />
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3.2 Identifiers
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<li>Business Name Number is a unique identifying number assigned by CRO when an entity registers a business name.
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<li>Company Number is a unique identifying number assigned by CRO when a body becomes registered as a company.
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<li>Business Name Numbers and Company Numbers are NOT interchangeable so type must always be specified.
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3.3 Documents
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</h3>
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<li>CRO Company Printout
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<li>CRO Business Name Printout
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4. Processes
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</h2>
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4.1 Assurance
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<li>Each person listed in an application MUST be individually assured and referenced by a confirmed email.
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<li>Sole traders and partnerships operating under their own name(s) MAY be automatically approved without further checks.
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<li>All other trading names (including companies) MUST be verified by a CRO Company or Business Name Search, where the status MUST be 'Normal'.
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<li>Partnership applicants MUST additionally be verified via a Business Name Printout as a current individual member and SHOULD be a managing partner.
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<li>Company applications MUST be made by an individual who is duly authorised to sign on behalf of the company:
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<li>Officeholder applicants (directors or preferably secretary) MUST be verified in a "Company Printout" (obtained from the CRO by the OA where fees are reclaimable from the applicant).
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<li>Any other applicant MUST prove that they are duly authorised to sign on behalf of the entity (for example via delegation and/or under company rules) to the satisfaction of the OA, for approval by the OAO.
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