75Approval of technicians

75 Approval of technicians (1) The commission may, on application under section 74, approve the applicant as a technician for 1 or more approved suppliers if satisfied (a) the applicant is qualified to exercise the functions of an approved technician; and (b) the applicant has not, in the last 12 months, provided false or misleading information in an application under section 74; and (c) the applicant is employed, or will be employed, by each supplier.

(2) An approval is for 3 years. (3) If a short-term approval is in force in relation to the applicant, the approval under this section starts when the short-term approval under section 76 began. Jo was given a short-term approval as a technician on 1 January 2005 before the results of her police check came through. Her results were satisfactory and she was approved as a technician on 25 February 2005. Her approval ends on (4) A person is qualified to exercise the functions of an approved technician for an approved supplier if the person— (a) is an individual; and (b) is competent to maintain gaming machines supplied by the supplier; and (c) is an eligible person; and (d) satisfies any requirement prescribed by regulation.