S.L. 545.26 Art. 4Competent person.

(1) No person, other than a competent person, may carry out supervision or certification in relation to autogas equipment or an autogas retrofit system.

(2) No person may carry out any work in relation to an autogas installation unless such person is a competent person, or he acts under the continuous supervision of a competent person.

(3) No person shall pretend, purport or give the impression of being in possession of any approval granted in terms of these regulations without actually possessing such approval.

(4) Any person who wishes to be designated as a competent person shall submit to the Regulator an application, together with all documentation, as required by the Regulator.

(5) After reviewing the documents submitted and having obtained the necessary approvals from the Malta Qualification Recognition Information Council, the Regulator shall issue a certification of competence to the person submitting the application. The certificate shall be valid for a period not exceeding five years.

(6) The Regulator shall assign to each competent person a registration number.

(7) The Regulator may decide to refuse an application if :

(a) the application does not contain all such information and documentation required by the Regulator in the application form or any other additional information or documentation that the Regulator may request from the applicant for the purpose of determining the application; or

(b) the application is not accompanied by such application fee as specified in accordance with the Second

(b) execute the regulated operations, activities and practices in accordance with any:

(i) direction of the Regulator;

(ii) decision of the Regulator; or

(iii) code of practice or guideline recognized or issued by the Regulator; and

(c) act in accordance and as required by any:

(i) direction of the Regulator;

(ii) decision of the Regulator; or

(iii) code of practice or guideline recognized or issued by the Regulator.