sec.9Refusal of operator accreditation— Act , s 17

sec.9 Refusal of operator accreditation— Act , s 17

The chief executive may refuse to grant or renew operator accreditation if— the applicant, or a relevant associate of the applicant, has been convicted of a disqualifying offence; or the applicant, or a relevant associate of the applicant, has been charged with a disqualifying offence and the charge has not been dealt with; or the applicant has not complied with— all of the accreditation requirements; or if the applicant has been granted provisional operator accreditation under section 8 —a condition of the provisional operator accreditation; or the applicant has not complied, or is not complying, with a prescribed operator accreditation requirement applying to the operator accreditation; or the chief executive is satisfied— if the applicant has a safety duty under chapter 6A , part 2 of the Act —the applicant has contravened, or is contravening, the duty and the contravention exposes an individual, or class of individuals, to a risk of death or serious injury or illness; or the applicant has contravened, or is contravening, section 67ZC of the Act and the contravention exposes an individual, or class of individuals, to a risk of death or serious injury or illness; or the chief executive considers the applicant, or a relevant associate of the applicant, has engaged in conduct that has— damaged the reputation of public passenger services or holders of operator accreditation; or adversely affected the high quality operation of public passenger services as mentioned in section 11 of the Act . the applicant has contravened a written direction given to the applicant under section 67ZH (2) of the Act without reasonable excuse Also, the chief executive may— refuse to grant operator accreditation if an operator accreditation previously granted to the applicant has been cancelled or suspended; or refuse to renew operator accreditation if the operator accreditation, or an operator accreditation previously granted to the applicant, has been cancelled or suspended. If the chief executive refuses to grant or renew an operator accreditation under this section, the chief executive must give the applicant a regulation notice about the decision. s 9 amd 2026 SL No. 4 s 7 (sec.9-ssec.1) The chief executive may refuse to grant or renew operator accreditation if— the applicant, or a relevant associate of the applicant, has been convicted of a disqualifying offence; or the applicant, or a relevant associate of the applicant, has been charged with a disqualifying offence and the charge has not been dealt with; or the applicant has not complied with— all of the accreditation requirements; or if the applicant has been granted provisional operator accreditation under section 8 —a condition of the provisional operator accreditation; or the applicant has not complied, or is not complying, with a prescribed operator accreditation requirement applying to the operator accreditation; or the chief executive is satisfied— if the applicant has a safety duty under chapter 6A , part 2 of the Act —the applicant has contravened, or is contravening, the duty and the contravention exposes an individual, or class of individuals, to a risk of death or serious injury or illness; or the applicant has contravened, or is contravening, section 67ZC of the Act and the contravention exposes an individual, or class of individuals, to a risk of death or serious injury or illness; or the chief executive considers the applicant, or a relevant associate of the applicant, has engaged in conduct that has— damaged the reputation of public passenger services or holders of operator accreditation; or adversely affected the high quality operation of public passenger services as mentioned in section 11 of the Act . the applicant has contravened a written direction given to the applicant under section 67ZH (2) of the Act without reasonable excuse (sec.9-ssec.2) Also, the chief executive may— refuse to grant operator accreditation if an operator accreditation previously granted to the applicant has been cancelled or suspended; or refuse to renew operator accreditation if the operator accreditation, or an operator accreditation previously granted to the applicant, has been cancelled or suspended. (sec.9-ssec.3) If the chief executive refuses to grant or renew an operator accreditation under this section, the chief executive must give the applicant a regulation notice about the decision.