Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005
sec.12EApplication for eligibility declaration
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sec.12E Application for eligibility declaration
An eligibility applicant may make an application ( eligibility application ) to the college for an eligibility declaration. However, the applicant can not make an eligibility application within 2 years after making a previous eligibility application that has been refused, unless the decision to refuse the previous eligibility application was based on wrong or incomplete information. The eligibility application must be— in the approved form; and signed by the applicant; and accompanied by each of the following— the prescribed fee; the criminal history check fee; other documents or information, identified in the approved form, reasonably required by the college to decide the application. The approved form— must include provision for— identifying information about the applicant; and certification by a prescribed person that the prescribed person has sighted the applicant’s proof of identity documents; and may require disclosure of police information about the applicant. Information contained in or accompanying the application must, if required by the college, be verified by statutory declaration. In this section— commissioner for declarations means commissioner for declarations under the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991 . identifying information , about an applicant, means information that identifies the applicant. prescribed person means a justice, commissioner for declarations, lawyer or police officer. proof of identity documents , for an eligibility applicant, means the documents, relating to proof of the identity of the applicant, prescribed under a regulation. s 12E ins 2011 No. 39 s 15 (sec.12E-ssec.1) An eligibility applicant may make an application ( eligibility application ) to the college for an eligibility declaration. (sec.12E-ssec.2) However, the applicant can not make an eligibility application within 2 years after making a previous eligibility application that has been refused, unless the decision to refuse the previous eligibility application was based on wrong or incomplete information. (sec.12E-ssec.3) The eligibility application must be— in the approved form; and signed by the applicant; and accompanied by each of the following— the prescribed fee; the criminal history check fee; other documents or information, identified in the approved form, reasonably required by the college to decide the application. (sec.12E-ssec.4) The approved form— must include provision for— identifying information about the applicant; and certification by a prescribed person that the prescribed person has sighted the applicant’s proof of identity documents; and may require disclosure of police information about the applicant. (sec.12E-ssec.5) Information contained in or accompanying the application must, if required by the college, be verified by statutory declaration. (sec.12E-ssec.6) In this section— commissioner for declarations means commissioner for declarations under the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991 . identifying information , about an applicant, means information that identifies the applicant. prescribed person means a justice, commissioner for declarations, lawyer or police officer. proof of identity documents , for an eligibility applicant, means the documents, relating to proof of the identity of the applicant, prescribed under a regulation.