80CAuthorisation of planning certifiers

80C Authorisation of planning certifiers

(1)  A person may apply to the Commission for authorisation as a planning certifier.

(2)  An application under subsection (1) is to be –

(a) in the form, and the manner, approved by the Commission; and

(b) accompanied by the prescribed fee, if any.

(3)  The Commission may require a person who has made an application under subsection (1)  –

(a) to provide to the Commission further information requested by the Commission; and

(b) to verify by statutory declaration any information supplied to the Commission for the purposes of the application.

(4)  The Commission may authorise as a planning certifier, or refuse to so authorise, a person who has made an application under subsection (1) .

(5)  The Commission may only authorise a person under subsection (4) if the Commission is satisfied that the person –

(a) is competent to issue planning compliance certificates and permitted use or development certificates; and

(b) either –

(i) has the prescribed qualifications in planning and 2 years' (whether or not continuous) practical experience in the assessment of whether uses or developments comply with the requirements of planning schemes or special planning orders; or

(ii) is approved as a transitional applicant under section 80B ; and

(c) is covered, or is likely to be covered, by insurance that relates to the issue by the person of planning compliance certificates and permitted use or development certificates and that is, in the opinion of the Commission, adequate; and

(d) has complied with any or all of the requirements approved by the Commission for the purposes of this section; and

(e) has not made the application during a period, declared in accordance with in a notice given under , to be a period in which the person is disqualified from applying for an authorisation; and