Date next status: changes expected in April 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.
<li>The licensing authority MUST be specified as 'ASIC' (for companies and trusts) or an Australian State or Territory authority (for sole traders and partnerships).
<li>Any applicable organisation identifiers (ACN/ABN/ARBN) MUST be specified where applicable (not required for sole traders operating under their own name).
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3. Registration
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3.1 Registries
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<li>Australian Securities and Investments Commission ("ASIC") [<atitle="Australian Securities and Investments Commission"href="http://www.asic.gov.au/">http://www.asic.gov.au/</a>]<br/>
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<li>National Names Index [<atitle="National Names Index"href="http://www.search.asic.gov.au/gns001.html">http://www.search.asic.gov.au/gns001.html</a>]<br/>
<li>Australian Business Register ("ABR") [<atitle="Australian Business Register"href="http://www.abr.business.gov.au/">http://www.abr.business.gov.au/</a>]<br/>
<li>ASIC Information Brokers [<atitle="ASIC Information Brokers"href="http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf/byheadline/Information+brokers?openDocument">http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf/byheadline/Information+brokers?openDocument</a>]
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<li>ASIC Service Centers [<atitle="ASIC Service Centers"href="http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf/byheadline/ASIC+Service+Centre+Addresses?openDocument">http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf/byheadline/ASIC+Service+Centre+Addresses?openDocument</a>]
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3.3 Identifiers
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<li>Australian Company Number ("ACN") is a unique 9 digit identifying number assigned by ASIC when a body becomes registered as a company under corporations law.
<li>Australian Registered Body Number ("ARBN") is a unique 9 digit identifying number assigned by ASIC when a body is registered with them other than as a company, for example registrable Australian bodies.<br/>
<li>Australian Business Number ("ABN") is a unique 11 digit identifying number issued to all entities registered in the Australian Business Register (ABR).
<li>All other trading names (including companies) MUST be verified against the National Names Index and/or Australian Business Register, where the status MUST be 'Registered' or 'Active' respectively.
<li>Officeholder applicants (directors or preferably secretary) MUST be verified in an "ASIC Company Extract" which is to be obtained for a fee (reclaimable from the applicant) by the OA from an ASIC Service Center or ASIC Information Broker.
<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 replacible rules) to the satisfaction of the OA, for approval by the AO.
<li>Trust applications MUST be made by the trustee.
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<li>Government Body & Intrumentality applications MUST be made by a duly authorised person and the relevant authorisation must accompany the application.
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<li>Club & Association applications MUST be made by the secretary of the club or association.
