B Secondary legislationB Secondary legislation

B Secondary legislation

Regulations to support the operation of the primary legislation should be made and should prescribe the following types of matters:

 any transport matter (if applicable) other than fatigue management, mass management or maintenance management which is to be subject of an Alternative Compliance scheme;

 the documents which must accompany an application to be a member of an Alternative Compliance scheme including proof of identity requirements;

 the term of a person’s initial membership and renewed membership of an Alternative Compliance scheme;

 transfer of information between accrediting agencies which must be treated in accordance with the Information Privacy Principles in section 14 of the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth;

 matters to do with review rights including notification of review rights, decisions subject to internal review or reconsideration and decisions subject to external review and associated procedural matters;

 notification requirements and return of identification items issued to the accredited operator. eg changes to nominated vehicles and drivers;

 any standard conditions or “contract” to be applied to be members which could be referenced in the regulations or set out in full in the regulations.