[nc-transfer] Fw: [registrars] Australian transfers policy

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

FYI.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au>
To: <registrars@dnso.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 10:25 PM
Subject: [registrars] Australian transfers policy


> As part of a new regulatory environment in ".au", a transfers policy has
> been created.
> The new ".au" registry is a thick registry that uses the latest version of
> the EPP protocol.
>
> See:
> http://www.auda.org.au/docs/auda-transfers-final.pdf
>
> It is interesting to note that a losing registrar cannot deny a transfer.
> A losing registrar may contact the regulator (auDA) nad ask for an
> investigation if there is sufficient evidence that a gaining registrar has
> in some way misled the consumer.
>
> It is also interesting to note that the policy specifies the form of
> authorisation that must be kept by a gaining registrar for inspection.
The
> authorisation must come from the registrant contact stored in the thick
> registry.
>
> It will be interesting to see how it goes when introduced on 1 July 2002.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce