What to bring (investors)...

• a licence or permit issued under a law of a State or Territory or equivalent authority of a foreign country for the purpose of driving a vehicle that contains a photograph of the person in whose name the document is issued;
• a passport issued by the Commonwealth;
• a passport or a similar document issued for the purpose of international travel, that:
  • contains a photograph and the signature of the person in whose name the document is issued;
  • is issued by a foreign government, the United Nations or an agency of the United Nations; and
  • if it is written in a language that is not understood by the person carrying out the verification – is accompanied by an English translation prepared by an accredited translator;
• a card issued under a law of a State or Territory for the purpose of proving the person’s age which contains a photograph of the person in whose name the document is issued;
• a national identity card issued for the purpose of identification, that
  • contains a photograph and the signature of the person in whose name the document is issued;
  • is issued by a foreign government, the United Nations or an agency of the United Nations;
  • if it is written in a language that is not understood by the person carrying out the verification – is accompanied by an English translation prepared by an accredited translator

• a birth certificate or birth extract issued by a State or Territory;
• a citizenship certificate issued by the Commonwealth;
• a citizenship certificate issued by a foreign government that, if it is written in a language that is not understood by the person carrying out the verification, is accompanied by an English translation prepared by an accredited translator;
• a birth certificate issued by a foreign government, the United Nations or an agency of the United Nations that, if it is written in a language that is not understood by the person carrying out the verification – is accompanied by an English translation prepared by an accredited translator;
• a pension card issued by Centrelink that entitles the person in whose name the card is issued to financial benefits.

• a Medicare Card
• a notice that:
  • was issued to an individual by the Commonwealth, a State or Territory within the preceding 12 months;
  • contains the name of the individual and his or her residential address; and
  • records the provision of financial benefits to the individual under a law of the Commonwealth, State or Territory (as the case may be);

• a notice that:
  
  • was issued to an individual by the Australian Taxation Office within the preceding 12 months;
  • contains the name of the individual and his or her residential address; and
  • records a debt payable to or by the individual by or to (respectively) the Commonwealth under Commonwealth law relating to taxation;.

• a notice that:
  • was issued to an individual by a local government body or utilities provider within the preceding three months;
  • contains the name of the individual and his or her residential address; and
  • records the provision of services by that local government body or utilities provider to that address or to that person;

• in relation to a person under the age of 18, a notice that:
  • was issued to a person by a school principal within the preceding three months;
  • contains the name of the person and his or her residential address; and
  • records the period of time that the person attended at the school.

If a new investor is an individual(s) or a sole trader then the identification documents (original or certified copy) specified below must be provided by each person and each person must consent

to having his/her identity information verified with the Issuer or Official Record Holder via third

party systems for the purpose of verifying identity. The verification process will include ascertaining whether the new investor is a politically exposed person as defined in the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules.

If an investor does not provide original documents to verify his/her identity then the investor must provide properly certified copies of original documents. The person certifying the copy must have sighted the original document.

Proper certification must appear on each page of the copy document for the document to be validly certified and must show:

• the date;
• the signature of person certifying the document and the name of the person certifying the document - this should be clearly printed or evident in any official stamp that is used; and
• the title of the person certifying the document and, where relevant, the registration number of the person certifying the document (for example a Justice of the Peace must include their registration number when certifying a document)

The persons who may certify a document are:

• a person who is enrolled on the roll of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory, or the High Court of Australia, as a legal practitioner (however described);
• a Judge of a Court;
• a Magistrate;
• a chief executive officer of a Commonwealth Court;
• a Registrar or Deputy Registrar of a Court;
• a Justice of the Peace;
• a Notary Public (for the purposes of the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993 (Cth));
• a police officer;
• an agent of the Australian Postal Corporation who is in charge of an office supplying postal services to the public
• a permanent employee of the Australian Postal Corporation with 2 or more years of continuous service who is employed in an office supplying postal services to the public;
• an Australian consular officer or an Australian diplomatic officer (within the meaning of the Consular Fees Act 1955 (Cth));
• an officer with 2 or more continuous years of service with one or more financial institutions (for the purposes of the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993 (Cth));
• a finance company officer with 2 or more continuous years of service with one or more finance companies (for the purposes of the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993 (Cth));
• an officer with, or authorised representative of, a holder of an Australian financial services licence, having 2 or more continuous years of service with one or more licensees; or
• a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, CPA Australia or the National Institute of Accountants with 2 or more years of continuous membership.

New investors who are a company, a trust, a superannuation fund or a partnership should contact the responsible entity to discuss the information and documents it will be necessary for them to provide to enable the responsible entity to verify their identity in accordance with its statutory obligations.