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previous examination if the endorsement is not to lapse.

6.1.6.9                The minimum number of questions pertaining to each endorsement must be 20, except that where examinations for more than one endorsement are conducted concurrently, the minimum number of questions must be 10.  Where the number of endorsements being examined exceeds 5, the minimum number of questions must be 50 apportioned equally over all endorsements. An endorsement examination may be conducted concurrently with a rating examination provided the examination includes both the minimum number of questions (20, 10 or 50) for each endorsement component and the minimum number of questions specific to each rating as required by this chapter, Chapter 6 (Ratings). Examination questions must be chosen randomly for each candidate from a pool of possible questions. The pool of questions shall to be maintained by the ATS Certificate holder, and must be reviewed, with the intention of updating, at least every two years. The questions should also be reviewed for the same purpose whenever procedural or technological changes judged by the ATS Certificate holder to be significant are introduced.

6.1.6.10            The holder of an Air Traffic Controller Licence shall not perform the duties that they are authorised to perform by an endorsement annotated on that licence unless they:

(a)          meet the currency requirements for the relevant rating;

(b)          meet the currency requirements for the relevant endorsement;

(c)           meet the currency requirements of a practical assessment within the previous six months; and

(d)          meet the relevant recency requirements for that endorsement.

6.1.6.11            For renewal of an endorsement annotated under a rating in an Air Traffic Controller Licence, the licence holder shall pass a performance assessment at not more than six-monthly intervals, which verifies attainment or maintenance of relevant competencies described in Chapter 5 (ATC Competencies) for each endorsement sought or held.

6.1.6.12            Where the ATS Certificate holder determines and records that two or more endorsements require similar knowledge and skill, then a demonstration of competence at one of those endorsements must be sufficient to also include the other(s).

6.1.7                     Qualifications

6.1.7.1                An air traffic services-specific qualification annotated on an Air Traffic Controller Licence remains in force for:

(a)          such period as may, from time to time and circumstance by circumstance, be determined by the ATS Certificate holder or certified ATS Training Organisation for training instructor or assessment qualifications, or by the ATS Certificate holder for other qualifications; or

(b)          such period for which the licence remains in force; or

(c)           such period for which any rating or endorsement to which the qualification may be linked remains in force;

whichever is shorter.

6.1.7.2                For the annotation of an air traffic services-specific qualification in an Air Traffic Controller Licence, the licence holder shall