Your accreditation notice sets out the activities for which you are accredited and the conditions of your accreditation. You can apply to change these at any time. Your application must be made on TESSA and include required information.
This page tells you:
You can apply to change your audit conditions (e.g. change from pre-registration to periodic) and/or your certificate creation limit.
You must read our guide for changing audit conditions and certificate creation limits. Section 4.1 of the guide details the information you must provide with an application.
You must complete and submit the Application for amendment form.
You can apply to add activities to your accreditation under the Reducing Demand Using Efficiency (RDUE) method.
Activities under the under RDUE method have corresponding activities under the ESS HEER, IHEAB and ROOA methods. When applying to add Activity Definitions under RDUE, you should consider applying for corresponding ESS activities at the same time.
You must provide:
You can apply to transfer your accreditation to a related body corporate of the ACP. A $500 fee is payable when you apply.
You must provide the completed Application for Transfer of Accreditation form.
You can apply to suspend or cancel your accreditation.
You must provide your reasons for suspension or cancellation. If applying for suspension, provide the period of suspension.
For changes not listed above, please contact us and provide details. We will let you know what you must provide for your application.
There are 5 steps in the application process:
We start assessing your application when it is complete (Step 3). Simple applications that have no issues or gaps to address typically take around 2 months to complete. Our assessment may take longer depending:
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Step 1: You prepare your application |
Prepare your application and required information. For all applications, you must provide:
Submit one application for an accreditation covering all requested changes. If you wish to amend multiple accreditations, submit separate applications for each accreditation. |
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Step 2: You submit your application |
Submit your application to IPART in TESSA (click on the 'Application for Amendment’ link on your dashboard). Any documents must be in commonly used file formats, such as Microsoft Word or Excel, Adobe PDF, JPEG, etc. If you are requesting a transfer of accreditation, the transferee must also have an account in TESSA. |
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Step 3: We check your application is complete |
We will check you have provided all required information. If your application is incomplete we will request the missing information, which must be provided before we can proceed. If you are requesting a transfer of accreditation, this step includes payment of the transfer fee (see Costs of being an ACP). |
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Step 4: We assess your application |
We assess your application in accordance with PDRS requirements. We may request further information to enable our assessment. We typically issue no more than 2 requests for information. |
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Step 5: We notify you of our decision |
When we have completed our assessment the Scheme Administrator will decide whether to approve or refuse your application. We will inform you of this decision in writing through TESSA. |
