23Accreditation Register

23 Accreditation Register

(1)  The Commission is to keep a register ("Accreditation Register") for the purposes of this Part.

(2)  The Accreditation Register is to be in an approved form and contain –

(a) such particulars in respect of each accredited operator as the regulations may prescribe; and

(b) such other information the Commission considers necessary or expedient.

(3)  In any proceedings, a document purporting to be a copy of or extract from the Accreditation Register in relation to a particular matter at a particular date, and purporting to be signed by the Commission or a delegate of the Commission, is admissible as evidence of the contents of the Accreditation Register relating to that matter at that date.

(4)  The Commission may publish the Accreditation Register or any part or extract thereof as it considers necessary or expedient.

(5)  [Section 23 Subsection (5) inserted by No. 28 of 2020, s. 11, Applied:01 Dec 2022] If there are reasonable grounds for believing that the information kept in the Accreditation Register is inaccurate, misleading or incomplete, the Commission may, by written notice to an accredited operator, or, if there is a relevant responsible person in relation to an accredited operator, to the relevant responsible person, require the accredited operator or relevant responsible person, respectively, to do one or more of the following:

(a) to provide information that the Commission considers necessary to correct or complete the relevant entry in the Accreditation Register;

(b) to provide, in a form specified by the Commission in the notice, evidence of the correctness of the information provided under paragraph (a) ;

(c) to provide, for inspection by the Commission, documents specified in the notice;

(d) to attend, at a time and place specified in the notice, for identification.

(6)  [Section 23 Subsection (6) inserted by No. 28 of 2020, s. 11, Applied:01 Dec 2022] If a natural person is required by a notice under to attend for identification, the Commission may, at the request of the person, change the time or place, or both, specified in the notice as the time or place at which the person is to attend and if the Commission makes such a change, the notice is taken to have been amended so as to reflect that change.