Application for registration or re-registration
 7. (1) The sponsor shall provide the following information in an application for initial registration or re-registration of a single offset initiative: 1. The sponsor’s name, contact information and signature. 2. The date of the application. 3. The title of the protocol that applies to the initiative. 4. A description of the initiative. 5. The start date or proposed start date of the initiative. 6. The expected duration of the initiative. 7. An estimate of the total amount of greenhouse gas reductions, avoidances or removals that has been achieved or would be achieved by the initiative over a reporting period, expressed in tonnes of CO2e, calculated in accordance with the applicable protocol. 8. A document signed and dated by the sponsor, or if the sponsor is not an individual, by the chief officer of the sponsor, that includes the following: i. A statement that the sponsor is authorized to register or re-register the initiative, and documentation that supports the statement, including copies of any agreement that is relevant to the authorization. ii. A statement that neither the initiative, nor any component of it, is registered or listed in any other program that recognises greenhouse gas reductions, avoidances or removals. iii. A statement that the eligibility criteria for initial registration or re-registration of the initiative are met, and information demonstrating that the criteria are met. iv. A statement that the information included in the application is true and accurate. v. An undertaking that the sponsor will comply with the Act, regulations made under the Act and all other applicable legal requirements. vi. A statement that the sponsor consents to the Ministry giving information relating to the sponsor to authorities in designated jurisdictions, when necessary, for the purposes of the cap and trade program or a corresponding program in a designated jurisdiction. 9. Any other information required under the applicable protocol or by the Director. (2) The sponsor shall provide the following information in an application for initial registration of an offset initiative where the sponsor is also requesting that the initiative be in a group upon registration, or in an application for re-registration of an initiative that is in a group: 1. The information required under subsection (1). 2. If the sponsor is applying at the same time for the registration of any other initiatives that are intended to be part of the group, a list of the other initiatives. 3. If the sponsor intends that the initiative be part of an existing group of other initiatives that have already been registered, a list of the other initiatives. 4. The total of the estimates given for the purpose of paragraph 7 of subsection (1) for all the initiatives that are to be registered at the same time or that have been registered and are part of the group. 5. A document signed and dated by the sponsor, or if the sponsor is not an individual, by the chief officer of the sponsor, that includes the following: i. A statement that the sponsor is authorized to register or re-register each initiative in the group, and to register or re-register each initiative as part of the group, and documentation that supports the statement, including copies of any agreement that is relevant to the authorization. (3) The time period within which an application for the initial registration of an offset initiative may be made under subsection (1) or (2) is as follows: 1. The application may be made before the start date of the initiative but not before the day a protocol is published that applies to the initiative. 2. The application shall be made within 18 months after the later of the start date of the initiative and the day the applicable protocol is published. (4) The sponsor shall provide the following information in an application to add an offset initiative that is already registered to an existing group, or to form a group from two or more registered initiatives: 1. The total of the estimates given for the purpose of paragraph 7 of subsection (1) for all the initiatives that are part of the group or that will be part of the group. 2. A document signed and dated by the sponsor, or if the sponsor is not an individual, by the chief officer of the sponsor, that includes the following: i. A statement that the sponsor is authorized to make the request to add the initiative to the group or to form a group, and documentation that supports the statement, including copies of any agreement that is relevant to the authorization.