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CAcert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy for Australia
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Name: CAcert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy Australia<a style="color: steelblue" href="https://svn.cacert.org/CAcert/Policies/ControlledDocumentList.html">COD11.AU</a>
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Creation Date : 2008-04-02
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Editor: Sam Johnston
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Status: POLICY <a href="https://wiki.cacert.org/PolicyDecisions#p20140731">p20140731</a>
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<h2 id="g0.1">0. Preliminaries </h2>
<p>
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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<h2 id="g0.2">1. Scope</h2>
<p>
This sub-policy is applicable to:
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<li>Australian legal entities:
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<li>Sole Traders</li>
<li>Partnerships</li>
<li>Companies</li>
<li>Trusts</li>
<li>Government Bodies &amp; Intrumentalities</li>
<li>Clubs &amp; Associations</li>
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</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="g0.3">2. Requirements </h2>
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This section describes any scope specific requirements that are not otherwise defined in the OAP.
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<h3 id="g0.3.1">2.1. Organisation </h3>
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<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.</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="g0.3.2">2.2. Records </h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Digital Signatures MAY be accepted in Australia under the Electronic Transactions Act 2000.
</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 id="g0.3.3">2.3. Application Form </h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>The licensing authority MUST be specified as 'Australian
Securities and Investments Commission (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>
</ol>
<h2 id="g0.4">3. Registration </h2>
<h3 id="g0.4.1">3.1. Registries </h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>AusRegistry [<a title="AusRegistry" href="http://www.ausregistry.com.au/">http://www.ausregistry.com.au/</a>]
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<ol>
<li>.au ccTLD WHOIS [<a title="AusRegistry WHOIS" href="http://whois.ausregistry.net.au/">http://whois.ausregistry.net.au/</a>]
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</li>
</ol>
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<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>]
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<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>]
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</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>]
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<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>
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<li>Australian Taxation Office ("ATO") [<a title="Australian Taxation Office" href="http://www.ato.gov.au/">http://www.ato.gov.au/</a>]
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<li>Australian Business Register ("ABR") [<a title="Australian Business Register" href="http://www.abr.business.gov.au/">http://www.abr.business.gov.au/</a>]
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</li>
</ol>
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<li>Credit Reporting Agencies
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>Dun &amp; Bradstreet (Australia) [<a title="Dun &amp; 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>]
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<h3 id="g0.4.2">3.2. Agents </h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>ASIC
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<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>]</li>
</ol>
</li>
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<h3 id="g0.4.3">3.3. Identifiers </h3>
<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></li>
<li>Australian Business Number ("ABN") is a unique 11 digit
identifying number issued to all entities registered in the Australian
Business Register (ABR).</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="g0.4.4">3.4. Documents </h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>ASIC Company Extract</li>
<li>Credit File</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="g0.5">4. Processes </h2>
<h3 id="g0.5.1">4.1. Assurance </h3>
<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.</li>
<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>
<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 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>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Trust applications MUST be made by the trustee.</li>
<li>Government Body &amp; Intrumentality applications MUST be made by
a duly authorised person and the relevant authorisation must accompany
the application.</li>
<li>Club &amp; Association applications MUST be made by the secretary of the club or association.</li>
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