Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2024 (26 of 2024)

Schedule 1   Transitional and application provisions

Part 2   Accreditation

2   Entities taken to be accredited

The Digital ID Regulator is taken, immediately after commencement, to:

(a) have decided for the purposes of subsection 15(2) of the Digital ID Act 2024 to accredit an entity specified in column 1 of an item of the following table as the kind of accredited entity specified in column 2 of the item; and

(b) have imposed the conditions, if any, specified in column 3 of the item on the entity's accreditation for the purposes of subsection 17(2) of the Digital ID Act 2024.

Entities taken to be accredited as accredited entities

     

Item

Column 1

Entity

Column 2

Accreditation

Column 3

Conditions

1

Commissioner of Taxation

Accredited attribute service provider

The entity's accredited services must be provided only for business authorisations for the purpose of the Commonwealth Government service known as Relationship Authorisation Manager

2

Commissioner of Taxation

Accredited identity service provider

All of the following:

(a) the entity's accredited services must be provided only for the purpose of the Commonwealth Government service known as myGovID;

(b) the entity is authorised to collect, use and disclose biometric information for the purposes of verifying the identity of an individual using facial images;

(c) the entity must provide only IP1, IP2 and IP3 services;

(d) digital IDs generated by the service must be re-usable;

(e) the entity is authorised to provide only an Authentication Level 2 service using multi-factor cryptographic software;

(f) the entity must provide biometric binding only online and only by using source biometric matching;

(g) the service must be provided through a mobile application;

(h) the entity is authorised to disclose the following kinds of restricted attributes of individuals to the entity referred to in column 1 of item 8 of the table in subitem 4(2):

(i) Australian passport numbers and expiry dates;

(ii) medicare numbers and medicare card expiry dates;

(iii) Australian citizenship certificate numbers, acquisition dates and countries of birth;

(iv) visa or entry permit numbers and countries of issue;

(v) driver's licence numbers, States and Territories of issue, dates of issue and expiry dates;

(vi) ImmiCard numbers;

(vii) marriage certificate document numbers and certificate printed dates, registration dates and States and Territories of registration;

(viii) change of name certificate numbers and certificate printed dates, registration numbers, registration dates and States and Territories of registration;

including, in respect of each document referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (viii), a document of that kind issued in the individual's current name or former name

3

Services Australia

Accredited identity exchange provider

 

4

An entity prescribed by the transitional rules made for the purposes of this item

An accredited entity of a kind prescribed by the transitional rules made for the purposes of this item

Conditions prescribed by the transitional rules made for the purposes of this item