Application for registration, licence and certificate
30.—(1)  A person who desires to be —
(a)registered as a vector control operator;
(b)licensed as a vector control technician; or
(c)certified as a vector control worker,
under this Act may apply to the Director-General in such form or manner as the Director-General may require.
(2)  An application made under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by —
(a)the prescribed fee; and
(b)such particulars, information and documents as the Director-General may require.
(3)  Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the Director-General, upon receiving an application under subsection (1), may —
(a)grant the registration, licence or certificate applied for either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Director-General thinks fit; or
(b)refuse the application.
(4)  The Director-General shall not —
(a)register an applicant as a vector control operator unless the Director-General is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to be so registered; or
(b)grant a vector control technician’s licence or a vector control worker’s certificate to an applicant unless the Director-General is satisfied that the applicant —
(i)possesses the prescribed qualifications or practical experience; and
(ii)is sufficiently competent, and in all other respects a fit and proper person, to be entrusted to carry out the work of a vector control technician or a vector control worker, as the case may be.
(5)  Notwithstanding subsection (4)(b), where —
(a)an applicant for a vector control technician’s licence or a vector control worker’s certificate does not possess the requisite qualification or practical experience; or
(b)the Director-General is not satisfied that such applicant is sufficiently competent to be entrusted to carry out the work of a vector control technician or a vector control worker, as the case may be,
the Director-General, instead of refusing the application, may require the applicant to undergo such training and to take and successfully complete such tests as the Director-General may specify.
(6)  For the purpose of subsection (5), the Director-General may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, grant a provisional vector control technician’s licence or a provisional vector control worker’s certificate to the applicant to enable him to carry out the work of a vector control technician or a vector control worker, as the case may be, while undergoing training.
(7)  The Director-General may at any time vary or revoke any of the existing conditions imposed under subsection (3)(a) or (6) or impose new conditions.
(8)  Where the Director-General has, under subsection (3)(b), refused any application, he shall, if requested to do so by the applicant, state in writing the reasons for his refusal.
(9)  Where a person is registered as a vector control operator under this section, the Director-General shall issue a certificate of registration to that person and the certificate or a certified copy thereof shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place at the principal place of business of that person and at every other place where that person carries on business.