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8  Qualifications and requirements for kinds of accreditation
Qualifications and requirements for General Licensing Accreditation

 (1) For a person to be given the General Licensing Accreditation, the person must have one of the following:

 (a) a qualification approved by the ACMA for the purposes of this subsection; or
 (b) an associate diploma, diploma or degree granted by an Australian education organisation in electronic engineering; or
 (c) qualifications, experience or training that the ACMA is satisfied is equivalent to a qualification in paragraph (a) or (b).
 (2) For a person to be given the General Licensing Accreditation, the ACMA must be satisfied that the person has experience in radiocommunications that is relevant to:

 (a) frequency assignment; and
 (b) interference assessment.

Qualifications and requirements for Specific Licensing Accreditation
 (3) For a person to be given the Specific Licensing Accreditation, the person must have:

 (a) a qualification approved by the ACMA for the purposes of this subsection; or
 (b) an associate diploma, diploma or degree granted by an Australian education organisation in electronic engineering; or
 (c) qualifications, experience or training that the ACMA is satisfied is equivalent to a qualification in paragraph (a) or (b);
  that is relevant to the specified type of licence.

 (4) For a person to be given the Specific Licensing Accreditation, the ACMA must be satisfied that the person has experience in radiocommunications that is relevant to:

 (a) frequency assignment; and
 (b) interference assessment;
  that is relevant to the specified type of licence.

Approving qualifications

 (5) The ACMA may approve a qualification for the purposes of one or both of paragraphs (1)(a) and (3)(a).

 (6) If the ACMA approves a qualification under subsection (5), the ACMA must publish on its website:

 (a) the name of the qualification;
 (b) the Australian education organisation that provides the qualification;
 (c) the paragraph for which the qualification is approved; and
 (d) if the qualification is approved for the purposes of paragraph (3)(a) – the types of transmitter or receiver licence the qualification is relevant to.
 (7) The ACMA may withdraw its approval of a qualification.

Note: If the ACMA withdraws its approval of a qualification, section 264A of the Act may apply.
 (8) If the ACMA withdraws its approval of a qualification under subsection (7), the ACMA must publish on its website a notice to the effect that the qualification's approval has been withdrawn.

Part 3—Accreditation process and giving accreditation