459Application for heavy vehicle accreditation

459 Application for heavy vehicle accreditation

459 Application for heavy vehicle accreditation

(1) An operator of a heavy vehicle may apply to the Regulator for heavy vehicle accreditation under this Law.

(2) The application must be—

(a) in the approved form; and

(b) accompanied by the following—

(i) a statement by the applicant that the applicant has a relevant management system for ensuring compliance with the relevant standards and business rules;

(ii) a statement from an approved auditor that the auditor considers the applicant’s relevant management system will ensure compliance with the relevant standards and business rules;

(iii) any other information required for the application under the relevant standards and business rules;

(iv) the prescribed fee for the application.

(3) The application must also be accompanied by a declaration by the applicant, declared to be made after having exercised reasonable diligence to find out the following information, of the applicant’s knowledge of that information—

(a) whether, in the 5 years immediately before the application was made, the applicant or an associate of the applicant has been convicted of any of the following offences and, if so, details of the conviction—

(i) an offence against this Law or a previous corresponding law;

(ii) an offence involving fraud or dishonesty punishable on conviction by imprisonment of 6 months or more, whether committed in this jurisdiction or elsewhere;

(b) whether the applicant or an associate of the applicant has had the applicant’s or associate’s accreditation under this Chapter or a previous corresponding law, amended, suspended or cancelled under this Chapter or that law and, if so, details of the amendment, suspension or cancellation.

(4) Subsection (3)(b) does not require the applicant to declare information about an amendment, suspension or cancellation of an accreditation that happened because of a conviction if the operator is not required to declare the information about the conviction under subsection (3)(a).

(5) The Regulator may, by notice given to the applicant, require the applicant—