Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018
sec.17Inquiry about applicant
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sec.17 Inquiry about applicant
The commissioner may investigate an applicant, including whether or not the applicant has been convicted of an offence against this Act or the repealed Act. The commissioner may, by notice given to the applicant within 20 business days after the commissioner receives the application, require the applicant within a reasonable period of at least 20 business days stated in the notice— to give the commissioner the further information the commissioner reasonably requires to decide the application; and to undergo a written, oral or practical examination at a reasonable place to assess the applicant’s ability to competently practise the plumbing and drainage trade. The commissioner may require the information mentioned in subsection (2) (a) to be verified by a statutory declaration. The applicant is taken to have withdrawn the application if the applicant does not comply with the notice within the stated period. (sec.17-ssec.1) The commissioner may investigate an applicant, including whether or not the applicant has been convicted of an offence against this Act or the repealed Act. (sec.17-ssec.2) The commissioner may, by notice given to the applicant within 20 business days after the commissioner receives the application, require the applicant within a reasonable period of at least 20 business days stated in the notice— to give the commissioner the further information the commissioner reasonably requires to decide the application; and to undergo a written, oral or practical examination at a reasonable place to assess the applicant’s ability to competently practise the plumbing and drainage trade. (sec.17-ssec.3) The commissioner may require the information mentioned in subsection (2) (a) to be verified by a statutory declaration. (sec.17-ssec.4) The applicant is taken to have withdrawn the application if the applicant does not comply with the notice within the stated period.
- (a) to give the commissioner the further information the commissioner reasonably requires to decide the application; and
- (b) to undergo a written, oral or practical examination at a reasonable place to assess the applicant’s ability to competently practise the plumbing and drainage trade.