South Australian Consolidated Regulations

TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 5

5—Application for appointment

        (1)         The Minister may require a person who applies for appointment as an officer to provide any of the following:

            (a)         a certified birth extract from an official register of births or such other evidence of the applicant's age as is satisfactory to the Minister;

            (b)         a medical certificate certifying that the applicant is of sound health and free from a physical or mental defect likely to impair the applicant's efficiency in the performance of the duties he or she would be required to perform if appointed;

            (c)         documentary evidence of the applicant's experience and qualifications or other evidence satisfactory to the Minister of the applicant's suitability to perform the duties that he or she would be required to perform if appointed.

        (2)         An applicant who—

            (a)         in his or her application; or

            (b)         in response to a requirement of the Minister; or

            (c)         in response to a question put to the applicant in relation to the application by a medical practitioner or a person responsible for assessing the application,

knowingly furnishes information that is false or misleading in a material particular (whether by reason of the inclusion or omission of any particular), is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $100.

        (3)         The Minister must pay the medical expenses, if any, incurred by an applicant under this regulation.