Application for registration, licence and certificate
29.—(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) must 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 may, upon receiving an application under subsection (1) —
(a)
grant the registration, licence or certificate applied for either unconditionally or subject to any conditions that the Director‑General thinks fit; or
(b)
refuse the application.
(4) The Director-General must 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) Despite 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 qualifications or practical experience; or
(b)
the Director-General is not satisfied that an 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 may, instead of refusing the application, 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 any conditions that he or she thinks fit, grant a provisional vector control technician’s licence or a provisional vector control worker’s certificate to the applicant to enable the applicant 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 or she must, at the applicant’s request, state in writing the reasons for the refusal.
(9) Where a person is registered as a vector control operator under this section, the Director‑General must issue a certificate of registration to that person, and the certificate or a certified copy of the certificate must 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.