Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00080:clause:1_3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00080
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 3 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 73121–76558

3                                                     An applicant that is a trust                                                  The following:
                                                                                                                                    (a) if there is a trust deed—the deed, or an extract of the deed, that identifies the trustees and beneficiaries (or classes of beneficiary);
                                                                                                                                    (b) if there is no trust deed—either:
                                                                                                                                    (i) a document with similar effect to a trust deed; or
                                                                                                                                    (ii) the certificate of registration as a trust (if any);
                                                                                                                                    (c) for each trustee that is a body corporate—the documents mentioned in items 1 and 2 (as applicable).

 (1B) For subparagraph (1A)(b)(ii), the documents are the following:
 (a) if the individual is an Australian citizen or is ordinarily resident in Australia—3 documents identifying the individual, of a kind set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1, at least one of which must be a category A document;
 (b) if the individual is a foreign person—3 documents identifying the individual, of a kind set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1, at least one of which must be a category A document;
 (c) if the individual's name has changed—a document that shows the change of name.
Note: Examples for paragraph (1B)(c) include a marriage certificate, a deed poll and a certificate issued by a government authority that recognises the change of name.
 (1C) A person may provide a document identifier for a document in place of a document mentioned in subsection (1B) if the Regulator is able to verify the document by providing the document identifier to the document verification service.

Exceptions
 (2) An application is not required to be accompanied by identity evidence for a person if:
 (a) immediately before 13 December 2014, the applicant was a recognised offsets entity (within the meaning of the Act as in force at that time); and
 (b) the applicant provided the identity evidence to the Regulator in order to become a recognised offsets entity; and
 (c) the identity evidence remains current.
 (3) An application is not required to be accompanied by identity evidence for a person if:
 (a) the applicant is a registered person under:
 (i) the NGER Act; or
 (ii) the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000; and
 (b) the applicant provided the identity evidence to the Regulator in order to become a registered person under that Act; and
 (c) the identity evidence remains current.
 (4) An application is not required to be accompanied by identity evidence for a person if:
 (a) the applicant:
 (i) has a Registry account; or
 (ii) at the same time the applicant makes the application for the declaration of an offsets project as an eligible offsets project, the applicant also makes a request under the Registry Regulations to open a Registry account; and
 (b) the applicant provided, or provides, the identity evidence to the Regulator with the