Recording body may require proof of identity
84ZE Recording body may require proof of identity
A recording body may require a person who requests the recording of any matter in the water register or the approval of any matter for recording in the water register to provide any proof of identity of a person that the recording body considers sufficient to establish that person's identity.
A recording body is not required to make a recording in the water register or approve any matter for recording in the water register if the recording body is not satisfied as to the identity of any person by or on behalf of whom any document relating to that matter was executed.
A recording body may require or permit the identity of a person to be verified by a person or class of persons approved as a verifier for the purposes of this section.
A recording body, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may approve—
a person or class of persons as a verifier or verifiers for the purposes of this section; or
standards of proof of identity that the recording body considers sufficient for the purposes of this section.
S. 84ZF inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 57.
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