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Registers and identity
The statutory registers a government keeps and the verification of who is dealing with it. Integrates with the jurisdiction's digital identity scheme rather than replacing it.
Registers and identity (MG-06) is one of the twenty-one MeshGov services, in the "Serving people and business" family. The statutory registers a government keeps and the verification of who is dealing with it. Integrates with the jurisdiction's digital identity scheme rather than replacing it. It replaces register applications, one per act and identity checks by document copy. AI agents carry the work end to end; a named officer takes every decision with legal effect on a person, a business or public money. It is core at federal level, core at state level, common at local level.
What it replaces
- Register applications, one per Act
- Identity checks by document copy
What it reacts to
- Registration applied for
- Register entry changes
- Identity asserted by a person or business
- Extract requested
The agents that carry it
Register agent
Maintains each statutory register, detects duplicates and lapses, and keeps the other services' view of a person or business consistent.
Identity agent
Verifies identity through the national or state digital identity scheme with consent, and records the assurance level reached.
Extract agent
Issues certified extracts and answers entitlement-to-a-record questions from the access rules.
Where a person decides
No decision with legal effect on a person, a business or public money is taken by an agent alone. In Registers and identity, these decisions are held for a named officer, with the agent's evidence and recommendation attached.
| Decision | Who decides | Why a person |
|---|---|---|
| Registration where the Act requires a delegate | Registrar or delegate | Legal effect |
| Deregistration | Registrar or delegate | Legal effect on a person or business |
| Disputed identity or entitlement to a record | Registrar | Rights of the person |
Records it writes
Register entry with history · Identity assurance record · Certified extract · Deregistration decision
Before MeshGov: the baseline this service is measured against
Registers held
14
today, in 9 separate systems
Duplicate identities
3.1%
today, the same person in two registers
Identity proven by document
100%
today; digital identity not yet consumed
Extracts a year
41,000
issued by hand today
Levels of government: core at federal level, core at state level, common at local level.
Questions buyers ask about Registers and identity
- What does MeshGov Registers and identity do?
- The statutory registers a government keeps and the verification of who is dealing with it. Integrates with the jurisdiction's digital identity scheme rather than replacing it. It reacts to events such as registration applied for, register entry changes and identity asserted by a person or business, and writes register entry with history, identity assurance record, certified extract and deregistration decision as records.
- What systems does Registers and identity replace?
- Register applications, one per Act and Identity checks by document copy. Because the service runs on the MeshGov platform, the licence, integration and upgrade costs of those systems retire with them.
- What do the AI agents do in Registers and identity?
- The register agent maintains each statutory register, detects duplicates and lapses, and keeps the other services' view of a person or business consistent. The identity agent verifies identity through the national or state digital identity scheme with consent, and records the assurance level reached. The extract agent issues certified extracts and answers entitlement-to-a-record questions from the access rules.
- Which decisions does a person still take?
- Agents never take a decision with legal effect on a person, a business or public money. In Registers and identity, a person decides registration where the act requires a delegate (registrar or delegate), deregistration (registrar or delegate) and disputed identity or entitlement to a record (registrar). The record shows who decided, why, on what evidence and under which delegation.
- Which levels of government use Registers and identity?
- It is core at federal level, core at state level, common at local level. MeshGov was checked against the Australian Government Architecture, the AGA Business Reference Model, the Queensland Government Enterprise Architecture and the UK Local Government Business Model, and serves government in any country.