You must be a fit and proper person to be approved as a VSL course provider. In making this decision, the Secretary (or delegate) may regard the history of your key personnel to determine whether they are fit and proper persons for the purposes of the Act.
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8.1 - Fit and Proper Person Declaration (Key Personnel)
Each of your organisation’s key personnel must complete a Statutory Declaration to demonstrate that they are fit and proper persons.
To facilitate this, please provide details of all key personnel involved with the organisation. Key personnel are those people or bodies with the potential to exert significant influence over the management and operation of the organisation and the use and recording of funds.
Examples of key personnel include the organisation’s directors, office holders, presidents, council members, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
8.2 - Statutory declaration
The statutory declaration must be completed to demonstrate that your entity is a fit and proper person to be approved as a VSL course provider and to provide information relevant not captured elsewhere in the Application Form.
The statutory declaration is only effective if it is executed by a person who is legally authorised to give assurances and enter into commitments on your behalf - for example, the Director or Chief Executive Officer. Only one Statutory Declaration per entity needs to be completed.
By signing the statutory declaration, the signee declares that – amongst other things – the information provided in the Application Form about the entity is true and correct.
The person legally authorised to give assurances must carefully read each statement contained in the statutory declaration. If any of the statements are not true and correct, please strike out and provide further details.
Once your statutory declaration is fully executed (signed, dated and properly witnessed), upload it to HITS as a PDF file.
To find more information about statutory declarations, including who can witness a statutory declaration, see Statutory declarations Attorney-General's Department.
8.3 - Credentials Information Form
Each person listed as key personnel will need to be included in the Credentials Information Form (CIF). The purpose of the CIF is to conduct credential checks on you and your key personnel using internal and external databases including databases owned by third parties.
8.4 - Third parties
If you’re proposing to deliver one or more courses through a third party [part 13] that is not already an approved provider or registered by TEQSA, you will need to request and complete a separate Third Party Application form. If the third party is already an approved course deliverer, we will contact you for the information we require from them.
Legislation: Act s 25(2)(f), Rules s 14–20, s 2