Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TRADESMEN'S RIGHTS REGULATION ACT 1946 - SECT 18A

             (1)  If a Local Committee is satisfied, upon application by any person, that that person has been employed for not less than seven years (including for this purpose any period of employment in a country other than Australia) on work ordinarily performed by a tradesman, the Local Committee may, if it thinks fit, grant to that person a tradesman's certificate.

             (2)  A Local Committee may, in the exercise of its discretion under the last preceding subsection, refuse to grant a tradesman's certificate to a person unless it is satisfied that that person has passed, at a standard approved by the Central Committee, a test of competence approved for the purpose by the Central Committee.