8Eligibility for electrical contractor's licence

8 Eligibility for electrical contractor's licence

In considering an application for an electrical contractor's licence, the Administrator must have regard to the following matters:

(a) whether the applicant currently holds, or has previously held, an electrical contractor's licence or an equivalent or similar licence or authority in a reciprocating jurisdiction;

(b) whether the applicant has previously been refused an electrical contractor's licence or an equivalent or similar licence or authority in a reciprocating jurisdiction;

(c) whether the applicant has previously had an electrical contractor's licence, or an equivalent or similar licence or authority in a reciprocating jurisdiction, suspended or cancelled;

(d) whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold an electrical contractor's licence;

(e) whether the applicant has committed an offence under the Act, the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997 , the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995, the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 , the Building Act 2000, the Building Act 2016 or any other Act relating to electrical work, or is currently subject to, or has previously been subject to –

(i) disciplinary action under any of those Acts; or

(ii) any other disciplinary action within or outside Tasmania for conduct as an electrical contractor or in some other similar or related capacity;

(f) if the applicant is a corporation –

(i) whether the officers of the corporation are fit and proper persons to have the management of a corporation holding an electrical contractor's licence; and

(ii) whether any officer of the corporation has committed an offence as mentioned in paragraph (e) or is, or has been, subject to any disciplinary action as mentioned in that paragraph;

(g) any other matters that the Administrator considers relevant for the purposes of the Act.