---
title: "Eligible interest-holder consent register for an area-based ACCU project"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/climate-esg-and-sustainability-reporting/eligible-interest-holder-consent-register"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a48-eligible-interest-holder-consent-register"
area_id: "A48"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A48-D20261018-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Eligible interest-holder consent register for an area-based ACCU project

> Register of eligible interest-holders for an area-based Australian carbon credit unit project, and whether a signed consent is held before the first reporting period ends.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/climate-esg-and-sustainability-reporting/eligible-interest-holder-consent-register  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Climate, ESG & Sustainability Reporting](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/climate-esg-and-sustainability-reporting.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when an area-based emissions avoidance or sequestration project is being registered or varied, and again before the end of the first reporting period if registration was conditional.

## Used for these tasks

- [Build the eligible interest-holder consent register for a carbon project](https://ailawframework.com/practice/climate-esg-and-sustainability-reporting.md#A48-D20261018-3)

## How AI may be used

AI may list interest holders from the title searches and the Carbon Credits Act sections 43 to 45A; the lawyer checks every row and decides whether the consent is required and has been given.

**AI may:**

- Add a row for each mortgage, easement, Crown interest or native title entry appearing on a search the lawyer has obtained
- Flag a row with no signed consent form and a first reporting period end date that has been entered
- Record that an easement was excluded from the project area map, where the file says so

**AI must not:**

- Must not mark a consent as sufficient, or state that the project may receive ACCUs
- Must not describe the project to an interest-holder or draft the consent form
- Must not treat a commercial term about sharing ACCUs as if it were the statutory consent

**The lawyer checks:**

- Every interest of the kinds the Regulator describes has been searched for, and sections 43 to 45A of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 have been read against the searches
- Each consent is the Regulator's form, or is in a registered Indigenous land use agreement, as the Regulator's page allows
- Conditional registration is recorded, and the first reporting period end date is the date on the registration, not an assumed date
- A new area added to a sequestration project has its own consents, including from holders who the Regulator says must consent even if they have no interest in the land being added

## Authorities

- [Clean Energy Regulator, Eligible interest-holder consent (consent before the first reporting period ends; no ACCUs until all consents; ss 43 to 45A of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011; conditional registration; CER consent form)](https://cer.gov.au/schemes/australian-carbon-credit-unit-scheme/how-to-participate-accu-scheme/apply-to-participate-accu-scheme/eligible-interest-holder-consent)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/climate-esg-and-sustainability-reporting/eligible-interest-holder-consent-register and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*