Renew your approved examiner accreditation

Your approved examiner accreditation is granted for a period of 3 years.

An application for renewal of your approved examiner accreditation will be sent to you prior to the expiry of your approved examiner accreditation. 

It is important that you notify the AIS Administrator of any changes to your current email and postal address to ensure you receive your approved examiner renewal application.

Failing to renew your approved examiner accreditation

If you fail to renew your approved examiner accreditation, it will expire and you will no longer be accredited as an approved examiner. You cannot undertake vehicle inspections or complete inspection certificates until your approved examiner renewal application is approved and you have received your approved examiner accreditation.

It is your responsibility to ensure your approved examiner renewal application is made prior to your approved examiner accreditation expiring.

Lapsed approved examiner accreditation

If your approved examiner accreditation has been expired for 90 days or more, your approved examiner accreditation will lapse. If your accreditation lapses, you must make a new approved examiner application, provide all relevant supporting information, and pay the relevant application fees.

If your approved examiner accreditation lapses, you cannot undertake vehicle inspections or complete inspection certificates until you have received your new approved examiner accreditation.

We recommend that you renew your approved examiner accreditation before it lapses to avoid being required to make a new approved examiner application. Read Making an approved examiner application.

Making your approved examiner renewal application

To renew your approved examiner accreditation:

• complete the Approved Examiner Renewal Application (form F5340)
• pay the fee for the Approved Examiner Application fee at a transporting and motoring service centre
• pay the criminal history check fee at a transport and motoring service centre
• lodge your application at a transport and motoring service centre.

What happens after I apply?

Once we receive your application, we will assess your experience, qualifications as well as your suitability to be an approved examiner.

We will obtain a criminal history report, including a New Zealand criminal history report (if required).

We do not accept criminal history reports issued directly to you by QPS (or any third party). 

We will also look at your accreditation history if you have been accredited before.

Assessing your criminal and accreditation history

If you have a criminal or accreditation history, we will consider:

• how the offence/s is/are relevant to the role you have applied for
• how long ago the offence/s was/were committed 
• any penalty imposed
• is there a pattern of offending.

If you have a criminal or accreditation history that we believe makes you unsuitable to be an approved person, your application will be refused.

Charged but not yet convicted

We may refuse your application on the basis that you have been charged with (but not yet convicted of) a disqualifying offence. A disqualifying offence is an offence under the Criminal Code Act 1899.

Being charged with an offence does not mean your application will be refused. 

We may ask for more details of the charge(s) and consider the relevance to the role of an approved examiner before making a decision. 

Consideration of other factors

We will consider any relevant information you may want to provide. 

This might include:

• circumstances that explain your criminal or accreditation offence history
• impact on the availability of services provided under the scheme that may result from the refusal of the application
• your qualification and work history, and 
• any other material, for example, personal references provided where the person is aware of your application and your criminal or accreditation offence history.

Note that your personal circumstance will not outweigh our consideration for public safety, even if refusing your application would cause financial hardship.

Approving your application

If you application is approved, an accreditation document will be issued. This will show when your accreditation expires and if any conditions apply. 

Application refused

If you application is refused, we will send you a notice which details:

• the decision
• the legislation that applies in making the decision
• the facts relied on in making the decision including any offences considered
• any evidence or other material considered in reaching the decision
• the reasons for the decision, and 
• your rights for a review of and/or appeal against the decision. 

Contact us

Email:	ais@tmr.qld.gov.au
Phone:	13 23 80 (ask for AIS Administrator)
Post:	AIS Administrator Approved Inspection Station Scheme Department of Transport and Main Roads PO Box 673 FORTITUDE VALLEY  QLD  4006