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Digital ID (Phasing-in of Participation in the Australian Government Digital ID System) Determination 2024

 

I, Katy Gallagher, Minister for Finance, make the following determination.

Dated 7 November 2024  

Katy Gallagher

Minister for Finance

 

 

 

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

Part 2—State and Territory entities

5  Departments, authorities and companies

 

 

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

  This instrument is the Digital ID (Phasing-in of Participation in the Australian Government Digital ID System) Determination 2024.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences at the same time as the Digital ID Act 2024 commences.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 60(1) of the Digital ID Act 2024.

4  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) accredited entity;

(b) Digital ID Regulator;

(c) entity;

(d) participating relying party;

(e) relying party.

  In this instrument:

Act means the Digital ID Act 2024.

applicant means an entity that has applied for accreditation under section 14 of the Act.

Corporations Act company means a body corporate that is incorporated, or taken to be incorporated, under the Corporations Act 2001.

owned, in relation to a Corporations Act company, means holding at least half of the issued share capital of the company.

Part 2—State and Territory entities

5  Departments, authorities and companies

  An entity specified in column 1 of an item in the following table may apply to the Digital ID Regulator for approval to participate in the Australian Government Digital ID System as the kind of entity specified in column 2 of the item.

 

Entities that may apply for approval to participate

Item

Column 1

Column 2

 

Entity

Kind of entity

1

A department or authority of a State that:

  1.      is any of the following:
  1.       an accredited entity; or
  2.     an applicant; or
  3.   a relying party; and
  1.     is not an entity of a kind specified in column 1 of item 2.

For:

  1.      an accredited entity—the kind of accredited entity the entity is accredited as;
  2.     an applicant—the kind of accredited entity the entity has applied to be accredited as;
  3.      a relying party—a participating relying party.

2

An entity that:

  1.      is a Corporations Act company owned by:
  1.       a State; or
  2.     another Corporations Act company that is owned by a State; and
  1.     is any of the following:
  1.       an accredited entity; or
  2.     an applicant; or
  3.   a relying party.

For:

  1.      an accredited entity—the kind of accredited entity the entity is accredited as;
  2.     an applicant—the kind of accredited entity the entity has applied to be accredited as;
  3.      a relying party—a participating relying party.

3

A department or authority of a Territory that:

  1.      is any of the following:
  1.       an accredited entity; or
  2.     an applicant; or
  3.   a relying party; and
  1.     is not an entity of a kind specified in column 1 of item 4.

For:

  1.      an accredited entity—the kind of accredited entity the entity is accredited as;
  2.     an applicant—the kind of accredited entity the entity has applied to be accredited as;
  3.      a relying party—a participating relying party.

4

An entity that:

  1.      is a Corporations Act company owned by:
  1.       a Territory; or
  2.     another Corporations Act company that is owned by a Territory; and
  1.     is any of the following:
  1.       an accredited entity; or
  2.     an applicant; or
  3.   a relying party.

For:

  1.      an accredited entity—the kind of accredited entity the entity is accredited as;
  2.     an applicant—the kind of accredited entity the entity has applied to be accredited as;
  3.      a relying party—a participating relying party.