Date next status: changes expected in April 2008.<br/>
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</p>
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<p>
This sub-policy is applicable to:<br/>
</p>
<oltype="a">
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Australian legal entities:<br/>
<oltype="i">
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>Sole Traders
</li>
<li>Partnerships
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<h3>
2.1 Organisation
</h3>
<oltype="a">
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>For sole traders operating under their own name business name registration is OPTIONAL.
</li>
<li>Applicants MUST be a valid legal entity but MAY have an arbitrary number of registered trading names.
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<h3>
2.2 Records
</h3>
<oltype="a">
<li>Digital Signatures MAY be accepted in Australia under the Electronic Transactions Act(s).
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Digital Signatures MAY be accepted in Australia under the Electronic Transactions Act 2000.
</li>
<li>Statutory Declarations MAY be accepted in support of other documentary evidence.
</li>
<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).
</li>
</ol>
<h3>
2.3 Application Form
</h3>
<oltype="a">
<li>The licensing authority MUST be specified as 'ASIC' (for companies and trusts) or a state office of fair trading (for sole traders and partnerships).
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>The licensing authority MUST be specified as 'ASIC' (for companies, trusts etc) or a state office of fair trading (for sole traders, partnerships and trading names).
</li>
<li>Any applicable organisation identifiers (ACN/ABN/ARBN) MUST be specified where applicable (not required for sole traders operating under their own name).
</li>
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<h3>
3.1 Registries
</h3>
<oltype="a">
<li>Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") [<atitle="Australian Competition and Consumer Commission"href="http://www.accc.gov.au/">http://www.accc.gov.au/</a>]<br/>
<oltype="i">
<li>State offices of fair trading [<atitle="State offices of fair trading"href="http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/325459">http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/325459</a>]
<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/>
<oltype="i">
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<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>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Australian state offices of fair trading [<atitle="ACCC Contacts: State offices of fair trading"href="http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/325459">http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/325459</a>]<br/>
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>ACT Office of Fair Trading (OFT) [<atitle="ACT Office of Fair Trading (OFT)"href="http://www.fairtrading.act.gov.au/">http://www.fairtrading.act.gov.au/</a>]
<li>NSW Office of Fair Trading (OFT) [<atitle="NSW Office of Fair Trading (OFT)"href="http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au">http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au</a>]
</li>
<li>QLD Office of Fair Trading (OFT) [<atitle="QLD Office of Fair Trading (OFT)"href="http://www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au">http://www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au</a>]
</li>
<li>SA Office of Fair Trading (OFT) [<atitle="SA Office of Fair Trading (OFT)"href="http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au">http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au</a>]
</li>
<li>TAS Office of Fair Trading (OFT) [<atitle="TAS Office of Fair Trading (OFT)"href="http://www.consumer.tas.gov.au/">http://www.consumer.tas.gov.au/</a>]
</li>
<li>VIC Office of Fair Trading (OFT) [<atitle="TAS Office of Fair Trading (OFT)"href="http://www.consumer.vic.gov.au">http://www.consumer.vic.gov.au</a>]
</li>
<li>WA Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (DOCEP) [<atitle="Department of Consumer and Employment Protection, WA (DOCEP)"href="http://www.docep.wa.gov.au">http://www.docep.wa.gov.au</a>]
<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>]
</li>
<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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<h3>
3.3 Identifiers
</h3>
<oltype="a">
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<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>
<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/>
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<h3>
3.4 Documents
</h3>
<oltype="a">
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>ASIC Company Extract
</li>
<li>Credit File
</li>
</ol>
<h2>
4. Processes
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<h3>
4.1 Assurance
</h3>
<oltype="a">
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Each person listed in an application MUST be individually assured and referenced by a confirmed email.
</li>
<li>Sole traders operating under their own name MAY be automatically approved without further checks.
@ -158,8 +186,8 @@
<li>Partnership applicants MUST additionally be verified in the register as a current individual member and SHOULD be a managing partner.
</li>
<li>Company applications MUST be made by an individual who is duly authorised to sign on behalf of the company:
<oltype="i">
<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.
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>Officeholder applicants (directors or preferably secretary) MUST be verified in an "ASIC Company Extract" (obtained for a fee reclaimable from the applicant by the OA from an ASIC Service Center or ASIC Information Broker) or "Credit File" from a "Credit Reporting Agency".
</li>
<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.
Sam Johnston
17 years ago