At registration, renewal and transfer, as a Registrar, we are required to validate whether the applicant/current licence holder, meets the Eligibility and Allocation criteria for the given namespace.
Below is information from auDA the governing body of the au namespace regarding Eligibility and Allocation for the new .au Direct
If you are unsure how these rules apply to you and your domain, please open a support ticket and one of our friendly team will be happy to assist.
https://www.auda.org.au/policy/au-domain-administration-rules-licensing#orgau
org.au namespace
2.4.6 A Person applying for a licence in the org.au namespace must be:
- a not for profit entity; and
- the domain name applied for must be:
(a) a match to or synonym of the name of:
(i) a service that the Person provides;
(ii) a program that the Person administers;
(iii) an event that the Person registers or sponsors;
(iv) an activity that the Person facilitates, teaches or trains;
(v) premises which the Person operates;
(vi) an occupation that its members practise;
and which that Person is providing at the time of the application; or
(b) a match of the Person’s legal name, business or statutory name or the name of the unincorporated association; or
(c) a acronym of the Person’s legal name, business name, or statutory name; or
(d) a match of the Person’s Australian Trade Mark; or
(e) a match to the name of a trust of which the Person is a trustee.