13BGrant or refusal of application for security clearance

13B Grant or refusal of application for security clearance

13B Grant or refusal of application for security clearance

(1) The regulatory authority must consider an application made under section 13A and decide to—

(a) grant the application and issue a security clearance, or

(b) refuse the application.

(2) The regulatory authority must refuse the application if—

(a) the regulatory authority is not satisfied the individual applying for the security clearance is—

(i) at least 18 years of age, and

(ii) a fit and proper person to be granted a security clearance, or

(b) the Commissioner of Police, in a report given under section 13, recommends that the application should be refused on the basis of criminal or security intelligence or other information available to the Commissioner.

(3) The regulations may prescribe additional grounds on which an application for a security clearance must or may be refused.

s 13B: Ins 2023 No 23, Sch 1[10].