61JAApplication for registration

#### 61JA Application for registration (1) An individual may apply to the Register operator for the individual to be registered in the National Self‑exclusion Register. (2) An application under subsection (1) must: (a) state that the applicant wants to be registered for a specified number of months; or (b) state that the applicant wants to be registered for a specified number of years; or (c) state that the applicant wants to be registered for life. (3) The number of months specified under paragraph (2)(a): (a) must be a whole number; and (b) must not be less than 3. (4) The number of years specified under paragraph (2)(b) must be a whole number. (5) An application under subsection (1) must be made in a manner prescribed by the Register rules. (6) An application under subsection (1) must: (a) include a statement to the effect that the applicant is ordinarily resident in Australia; and (b) include such information relating to the applicant as is prescribed by the Register rules. Nominated support person (7) An application under subsection (1) may: (a) nominate: (i) another individual to be a nominated support person of the applicant; or (ii) each of 2 other individuals to be a nominated support person of the applicant; or (iii) each of 3 other individuals to be a nominated support person of the applicant; or (iv) each of 4 other individuals to be a nominated support person of the applicant; or (v) each of 5 other individuals to be a nominated support person of the applicant; and (b) include a statement to the effect that the applicant has obtained the consent of the other individual, or each of the other individuals, to be a nominated support person of the applicant; and (c) include such information relating to the other individual, or each of the other individuals, as is prescribed by the Register rules. Reactivation of a previous registration (8) If: (a) an application is made under subsection (1); and (b) the applicant ceased to be a registered individual on one or more occasions during the 7‑year period ending when the application was made; and (c) the applicant gave an archived records consent that is applicable to the most recent cessation of registration; and (d) the application includes a statement to the effect that the applicant wants to reactivate the applicant’s previous registration; then: (e) the Register operator may use any or all of the information and statements included in the applicant’s entry in the National Self‑exclusion Register (as it stood immediately before that most recent cessation of registration) to prefill any or all of the fields in the application; and (f) the applicant may delete or modify any or all of the prefilled information or statements before finalising the application. Proclaimed start day (9) An individual is not entitled to make an application under subsection (1) before the proclaimed start day.