Editing AU (section)

== Important information on Availability checks for second level .AU domains ==
During the Priority Registration period that runs until September 20th, the HEXONET API will forward the response from the Registry operator and return the following message when an availability check is performed on a 2nd level domain name:
* If only one of the 3rd level domains is currently registered: ''211 Domain Name not available; Membership contact required''
* If more than one of the 3rd level domains is currently registered (the 2nd level domain is in a contention set): ''211 Domain Name not available; Domain Name reserved by PRIORITY-ACCESS''

Unfortunately, the Registry returns the same code (211) both for domains that are unavailable/already registered and for those that are available but require a priority token in the application. We strongly recommend Resellers not to rely simply on the code received, but parse the entire response to get the accurate status of the domain that is being queried.