57—Term and renewal of accreditation
(1) Subject to this
Part, accreditation remains in force for a term not exceeding 5 years
determined by the Authority and specified in the accreditation on its grant or
renewal.
(2) An application for
renewal of accreditation must—
(a) be
made not less than 90 days before the expiry of the accreditation; and
(b) be
made to the Authority in the manner and form approved by the Authority; and
(c) be
signed by the applicant and completed in accordance with the instructions
contained in the form; and
(d) be
accompanied by the fee for renewal of accreditation as set out in
Schedule 4.
(3) The Authority may,
at the Authority's discretion, determine a late application for renewal
provided that the applicant pays, in addition to the fee for renewal of
accreditation, a late fee comprised of $20 plus 1% of the fee for renewal of
accreditation for the first month (or part of a month) for which the
application is late and 2% of the fee for renewal of accreditation for each
further month (or part of a month) for which the application is late.
(4) The Authority may,
on receipt of an application for renewal under this Division—
(a)
refer the application to an accreditation committee and request the
committee's written recommendations in relation to the application within a
period specified in the notice (being not less than 14 days after
referral of the application to the committee); and
(b)
require the applicant to provide any information required by the Authority
(verified, if the Authority so requires, by statutory declaration) for the
purposes of determining the application including (without limitation)
criminal record checks relating to the applicant; and
(c)
refuse to renew the applicant's accreditation on any ground on which an
application for accreditation may be refused under regulation 53 or on
which accreditation may be cancelled under regulation 58.