Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A committee must interview the applicant as soon as practicable and, for that purpose:
(a) any member of the committee may participate in the interview by telephone; and
(b) the applicant may participate in the interview by telephone.
(2) A member or applicant who participates in an interview as provided by paragraph (1) (a) or (b) is taken to be present at the interview.
(3) If the applicant fails to attend, or participate by telephone in, the interview and does not, within 7 days, give the committee a reasonable excuse for that failure:
(a) the application is taken to have lapsed; and
(b) the application fee is not refundable.
(4) If an applicant who fails to attend, or participate by telephone in, an interview gives the committee, within 7 days, a reasonable excuse for that failure, the committee must arrange another interview date, time and place.
(5) At an interview, the committee may ask the applicant any question that the committee reasonably believes to be related to:
(a) the application; or
(b) a reference accompanying the application; or
(c) the issue of whether the applicant has the qualifications, experience, knowledge and abilities to perform the functions of a registered trustee.
(6) A committee must not interview an applicant until:
(a) the Inspector‑General has received the information and documents in relation to the application that are prescribed by regulation 8.01; and
(b) any charge imposed by an Act for making the application has been paid.