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Affairs' ICT systems.

9 Testing screening officers
       (1) Before undertaking an aviation accreditation test, a screening officer must comply with sections 6 and 7.
       (2) A person engaged or employed as a screening officer after 31 December 2022 must:
       (a)      before making any independent screening decision—pass an aviation accreditation test for the power or screening function; and
       (b) at least once every 12 months—pass an aviation accreditation test for each power and screening function the screening officer exercises or performs as a screening officer.
       (3)  A person engaged or employed as a screening officer before 1 January 2023 must pass an aviation accreditation test for each power and screening function the person will exercise or perform as screening officer:
(a) within 12 months after 31 December 2022; and
       (b)      at least once every 12 months after complying with paragraph (a).
Note 1 A person who was engaged or employed as a screening officer before 1 January 2023 is taken to hold accreditation in all screening functions until 1 January 2024, or until they attempt and fail an aviation accreditation test for a particular screening power or function, whichever occurs sooner.
       (4) If no aviation accreditation test relates to a particular screening function or a power that the person may use, the person must pass any aviation accreditation test before exercising the power or performing the screening function.
       (5) If a screening officer fails an aviation accreditation test related to a screening function, until the screening officer passes the aviation accreditation test, the screening officer:
       (a)      must be supervised by a screening officer who has completed and passed the aviation accreditation test; and
       (b)      must not make an independent screening decision for the screening function.
      Note 2 Failing an aviation accreditation test will only prevent a screening officer from exercising the powers or performing the functions related to the specific test, and will not prevent a screening officer from exercising other powers or performing other functions for which the screening officer has passed the aviation accreditation tests for those other powers and functions.
     (6) A screening officer who fails an aviation accreditation test may re-take the test at any time, but no more than 3 times in any 30-day period.
 Note 3 The 30-day period would commence from the date of a screening officer's first unsuccessful attempt at a specified aviation accreditation test.
Example If a screening officer made an unsuccessful attempt at an aviation accreditation test on 1 January 2023, a second unsuccessful attempt on 2 January 2023, and a third unsuccessful attempt on 3 January 2023, the screening officer could not undertake a further attempt at that aviation accreditation test until 1 February 2023.

10 Continuing professional development
     (1)