116Application for accreditation

116 Application for accreditation

116 Application for accreditation

(1) An application for accreditation must be made in the way and form required by the regulator.

(2) The application must include the following information—

(a) the name and residential address of the applicant,

(b) the other evidence of the applicant’s identity required by the regulator,

(c) details of the class of high risk work to which the application relates,

(d) evidence that the applicant is qualified to conduct the type of competency assessment in relation to the class of high risk work to which the application relates,

(e) details of a current equivalent accreditation under a corresponding WHS law,

(f) a declaration as to whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted or found guilty of an offence under the Act or this regulation or under a corresponding WHS law,

(g) details of a conviction or finding of guilt declared under paragraph (f),

(h) a declaration as to whether or not the applicant has ever entered into an enforceable undertaking under the Act or under a corresponding WHS law,

(i) details of an enforceable undertaking declared under paragraph (h),

(j) if the applicant has previously been refused an equivalent accreditation under a corresponding WHS law, a declaration giving details of that refusal,

(k) if the applicant has previously held an equivalent accreditation under a corresponding WHS law, a declaration—

(i) describing conditions imposed on that accreditation, and

(ii) stating whether or not that accreditation had been suspended or cancelled and, if so, whether or not the applicant had been disqualified from applying for accreditation, and

(iii) giving details of a suspension, cancellation or disqualification.

Note—

See the Act, section 268, for offences relating to the giving of false or misleading information under the Act or this regulation.

(3) The application must be accompanied by the relevant fee.