18AGrant of tradespersons’ certificates

18A Grant of tradespersons’ certificates

(1) If a Local Committee is satisfied, upon application by any person, that that person has been employed for not less than 7 years (including for this purpose any period of employment in a country other than Australia) on work ordinarily performed by a tradesperson, the Local Committee may, if it thinks fit, grant to that person a tradesperson’s certificate. (2) A Local Committee may, in the exercise of its discretion under the last preceding subsection, refuse to grant a tradesperson’s certificate to a person unless it is satisfied that that person has passed, at a standard approved by the Central Committee, a test of competence approved for the purpose by the Central Committee.