diff --git a/OrganisationAssurancePolicy/OrganisationAssurance-SubPolAustralia.html b/OrganisationAssurancePolicy/OrganisationAssurance-SubPolAustralia.html index 97b4abd..771dec0 100644 --- a/OrganisationAssurancePolicy/OrganisationAssurance-SubPolAustralia.html +++ b/OrganisationAssurancePolicy/OrganisationAssurance-SubPolAustralia.html @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ - + + @@ -8,12 +9,12 @@ </head> <body> <h1> - <font color="blue">CAcert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy for Australia</font> + CAcert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy for Australia </h1> <p> Author(s): Sam Johnston<br /> - Creation date: WIP 2008-03-18 V0.4<br /> - Status: <font color="red">WIP</font> 2008-03-XXX<br /> + Creation date: WIP 2008-03-18 V0.5<br /> + Status: WIP 2008-03-XXX<br /> Date next status: changes expected in April 2008.<br /> <!-- $Id$ --> </p> @@ -29,9 +30,9 @@ <p> This sub-policy is applicable to:<br /> </p> - <ol type="a"> + <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li>Australian legal entities:<br /> - <ol type="i"> + <ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;"> <li>Sole Traders </li> <li>Partnerships @@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ <h3> 2.1 Organisation </h3> - <ol type="a"> + <ol style="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. @@ -65,15 +66,19 @@ <h3> 2.2 Records </h3> - <ol type="a"> - <li>Digital Signatures MAY be accepted in Australia under the Electronic Transactions Act(s). + <ol style="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> - <ol type="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). + <ol style="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> @@ -84,28 +89,50 @@ <h3> 3.1 Registries </h3> - <ol type="a"> - <li>Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") [<a title="Australian Competition and Consumer Commission" href="http://www.accc.gov.au/">http://www.accc.gov.au/</a>]<br /> - <ol type="i"> - <li>State offices of fair trading [<a title="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>] + <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> + <li>AusRegistry [<a title="AusRegistry" href="http://www.ausregistry.com.au/">http://www.ausregistry.com.au/</a>]<br /> + <ol> + <li>.au ccTLD WHOIS [<a title="AusRegistry WHOIS" href="http://whois.ausregistry.net.au/">http://whois.ausregistry.net.au/</a>]<br /> </li> </ol> </li> <li>Australian Securities and Investments Commission ("ASIC") [<a title="Australian Securities and Investments Commission" href="http://www.asic.gov.au/">http://www.asic.gov.au/</a>]<br /> - <ol type="i"> + <ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;"> <li>National Names Index [<a title="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 [<a title="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 /> + <ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;"> + <li>ACT Office of Fair Trading (OFT) [<a title="ACT Office of Fair Trading (OFT)" href="http://www.fairtrading.act.gov.au/">http://www.fairtrading.act.gov.au/</a>] + </li> + <li>NT Consumer Affairs [<a title="NT Consumer Affairs" href="http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/consaffairs/">http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/consaffairs/</a>] + </li> + <li>NSW Office of Fair Trading (OFT) [<a title="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) [<a title="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) [<a title="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) [<a title="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) [<a title="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) [<a title="Department of Consumer and Employment Protection, WA (DOCEP)" href="http://www.docep.wa.gov.au">http://www.docep.wa.gov.au</a>] + </li> + </ol> + </li> <li>Australian Taxation Office ("ATO") [<a title="Australian Taxation Office" href="http://www.ato.gov.au/">http://www.ato.gov.au/</a>]<br /> - <ol type="i"> + <ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;"> <li>Australian Business Register ("ABR") [<a title="Australian Business Register" href="http://www.abr.business.gov.au/">http://www.abr.business.gov.au/</a>]<br /> </li> </ol> </li> - <li>AusRegistry [<a title="AusRegistry" href="http://www.ausregistry.com.au/">http://www.ausregistry.com.au/</a>]<br /> - <ol> - <li>.au ccTLD WHOIS [<a title="AusRegistry WHOIS" href="http://whois.ausregistry.net.au/">http://whois.ausregistry.net.au/</a>]<br /> + <li>Credit Reporting Agencies<br /> + <ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;"> + <li>Dun & Bradstreet (Australia) [<a title="Dun & Bradstreet (Australia)" href="http://www.dnb.com.au/">http://www.dnb.com.au/</a>]<br /> + </li> + <li>Veda Advantage [<a title="Veda Advantage" href="http://www.vedaadvantage.com/">http://www.vedaadvantage.com/</a>]<br /> </li> </ol> </li> @@ -113,10 +140,9 @@ <h3> 3.2 Agents </h3> - <ol type="a"> - <li>ASIC - <br /> - <ol type="i"> + <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> + <li>ASIC<br /> + <ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;"> <li>ASIC Information Brokers [<a title="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 [<a title="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>] @@ -127,7 +153,7 @@ <h3> 3.3 Identifiers </h3> - <ol type="a"> + <ol style="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 /> @@ -138,9 +164,11 @@ <h3> 3.4 Documents </h3> - <ol type="a"> + <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li>ASIC Company Extract </li> + <li>Credit File + </li> </ol> <h2> 4. Processes @@ -148,7 +176,7 @@ <h3> 4.1 Assurance </h3> - <ol type="a"> + <ol style="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: - <ol type="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. + <ol style="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. </li>