Maintain accreditation

Accredited systems certificates are subject to ongoing obligations to maintain their accreditation. Our monitoring ensures that accredited systems are meeting the requirements of their respective systems certificates.

To maintain your systems certificates, you must:

● operate under government laws

● notify us of any changes to your system's components and apply to vary your system's certificates

● notify us if the owner of your systems changes and apply to vary the title if needed

● notify changes to stakeholder and contact information

● maintain metering and component listing records.

When notifying us of a change, ensure you complete the relevant form:

● change the nominated person for an system certificates

● vary what constitutes a system

● change the owner or operator of an carbon capture sites

● suspend carbon capture sites

Your certificates obligations

Compliance monitoring

We track ongoing compliance through:

● standing notices completed when creating systems certificates (SC)

● assessment and ongoing review of SC validation claims

● site visits and inspections

● our annual risk-based audit program

● the collection of information from you or other parties

● throughput

If we suspect breaches of the Scheme, we may take action following our compliance approach. In the event that a carbon capture process fails to meet ongoing systems certificates requirements, we reserve the right to suspend it.

Complaints and concerns

Carbon capture sites must comply with relevant country or local government law. These government bodies are responsible for enforcing laws for carbon capture sites. This includes:

● health and safety issues

● environmental concerns

● planning approvals.

If people have concerns or complaints about carbon capture sites, they can contact the relevant government body. The relevant body is responsible for investigating complaints against their approvals and legislation.

We monitor compliance and work with other government authorities to understand suspected breaches of their law. Our team may investigate matter and then maybe take action.

Suspending systems certificates

We may suspend an systems certificates if a carbon capture sites operates against country or local government laws and regulations.

If suspended, you can't claim BidCarbon Credit Units for any Carbon capture and storage generated during that time. Carbon capture sites can still operate outside the scheme if suspended.

We will lift the suspension when the Carbon capture sites:

● operates following relevant government law

● resolves all non-compliance issues.

We don't have the power to:

● prosecute breaches of local laws

● issue rectification orders

● take legal action to ensure compliance with local laws.

If we suspend your accreditation, you have the right to request a review of our decision.