¿Que ? Super Cecil.
If we've had such checks since the 60's, then, (apart from the fees and security-theatre aspect) what's the point of all the ASIC crap and its' associated background checking ?
CASA vehemently states the the checking for an AVID are not the same as those for an ASIC, even though from my mug-punters-point-of-view, the documentation requirements are almost identical.