If there are 2 or more persons (the multiple project proponents ) who:
(a) have joint responsibility for carrying out an offsets project; and
(b) jointly have the legal right to carry out the project;
then:
(c) for the purposes of this Act, each of the multiple project proponents is a project proponent for the project; and
(d) a reference in:
(i) this Act; or
(ii) the regulations; or
(iii) the legislative rules; or
(iv) any other instrument under this Act;
to the project proponent for the offsets project is to be read as a reference to each of the multiple project proponents.