104Registrar may register assistance animal assessor

104 Registrar may register assistance animal assessor (1) A person may apply to the registrar— (a) to be registered as an assistance animal assessor; or (b) for a registered assistance animal assessor—to renew the assistance animal assessor’s registration. (2) An application must— (b) include any information prescribed by regulation. (3) Within 30 days of receiving the application, the registrar must— (a) register the applicant for a stated period; or (b) register the applicant for a stated period subject to stated conditions; or (c) refuse to register the applicant. Note Failure to register the applicant within the required time is taken to be a decision not to register the applicant (see ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008, s 12). (4) The registrar may only register the applicant if satisfied the (a) has the skills and experience to assess whether an animal meets the assistance animal standard; and (b) has not, within 2 years before the application was made, been convicted or found guilty of an offence under—

the Animal Welfare Act 1992; and (c) meets any requirement prescribed by regulation. (5) The registrar must, as soon as practicable after deciding whether to register the applicant, give the applicant written notice of the decision under subsection (3).