22Application for accreditation

22 Application for accreditation

(1) A person may apply to the National Regulator for accreditation to perform the role of marine surveyor in one or more categories of surveying.

Note: For the requirement for a survey of a domestic commercial vessel to be conducted by an accredited marine surveyor, see section 11 of Marine Order 503 (Certificates of Survey—National Law) 2013.

Application for accreditation (2) An application for accreditation must: (a) be in a form approved by the National Regulator; and (b) include the information mentioned in subsection (3); and (c) be accompanied by the applicable application fee prescribed by subsection 50(1). Information required (3) For paragraph (2)(b), the information is the following: (a) the applicant’s name and address; (b) the category, or categories, of surveying in relation to which the applicant is seeking accreditation; (c) a summary of the applicant’s work experience relevant to that category or those categories; (d) certified copies of the applicant’s qualifications relevant to that category or those categories; (e) evidence of any continuing professional development undertaken by the applicant with a professional association related to vessel building, vessel design, vessel engineering or vessel survey; (f) the names and addresses of 2 professional referees; (g) 2 current passport sized photographs of the applicant; (h) an original or a certified copy of a document that provides evidence of the start of the person’s identity in Australia; (i) either: (i) an original or a certified copy of a document issued to the person by an Australian government department or agency that provides proof of the person’s identity; or (ii) a foreign passport; (j) a declaration as to whether the applicant has had an accreditation (however described) under a law of a State or the Northern Territory as a marine surveyor suspended or revoked and, if so, the details of the suspension or revocation; (k) if the applicant is a private marine surveyor: (i) the business name and trading name, and the ACN or ABN, of the surveyor’s business, or the business that employs the surveyor; and (ii) evidence that the applicant can, or will soon be able to, conduct his or her surveying under the Quality Management System of ISO 9001:2008 or an equivalent management system, or in accordance with the National Law—Marine Surveyors Accreditation Guidance Manual 2014, prepared by the National Regulator, as in force from time to time; and (iii) a copy of the professional indemnity insurance certificate, or similar insurance document, that provides indemnity insurance for the applicant or, if the applicant has not yet obtained insurance, a copy of a quote for the insurance; and (iv) a declaration as to whether the applicant has had his or her membership of a professional association related to vessel building, vessel design, vessel engineering or vessel survey revoked, suspended or involuntarily cancelled; (l) any other information the applicant considers relevant.