Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations(1) The name of an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander who is a signatory to an account may also be verified by means of a written statement provided by any of the following (a referee ):
(a) a director or secretary of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation that is registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 ;
(b) a member of a Land Council established by or under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 for an area in which the signatory lives;
(c) a community leader of the community to which the signatory belongs;
(d) a person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 .
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the written statement provided by a referee must:
(a) include all of the following details:
(i) the referee's knowledge of the signatory's name and any other names by which the signatory is, or has been, known;
(ii) the referee's knowledge of the signatory's residential address and any other addresses at which the signatory has resided;
(iii) the referee's knowledge of the signatory's birth date (actual or approximate);
(iv) how long the referee has known the signatory;
(v) any other details known to the referee that establish the signatory's identity; and
(b) be signed and dated by the referee.
(3) Each verification of the name of a signatory by a referee under the alternative verification procedure specified in subsection (1) is worth 50 points.