If there are 2 or more eligible persons (the multiple project proponents ) who are registered as the project proponents for a registered biodiversity project, then:
(a) for the purposes of this Act, each of the multiple project proponents is a project proponent for the registered biodiversity project; and
(b) a reference in:
(i) this Act; or
(ii) an instrument under this Act;
to the project proponent for the registered biodiversity project is to be read as a reference to each of the multiple project proponents.