New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT CERTIFIERS ACT 2018 - SECT 61

61 Accreditation authority approval guidelines

(1) The Secretary must adopt guidelines relating to the approval of bodies corporate as accreditation authorities for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The guidelines may make provision for or with respect to the following--

(a) the suitability of a body corporate to be approved as an accreditation authority, including the qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience required,

(b) the insurance required to be held by an accreditation authority,

(c) the matters to be set out in an accreditation scheme,

(d) any other matters prescribed by the regulations.

(3) The Secretary is to make the guidelines publicly available.

(4) The Secretary may amend or replace the guidelines.

(5) The Secretary may adopt different guidelines with respect to the approval of accreditation authorities that grant different classes of accreditation.

(6) A reference in this Act to the accreditation authority approval guidelines with respect to the approval of a body corporate as an accreditation authority is, if the Secretary has adopted different guidelines with respect to different classes of accreditation, a reference to the guidelines relevant to the class of accreditation that the body corporate would grant if it were to be approved.