78. To join a guarantee plan and obtain a certificate of accreditation, a person shall(1) complete an application for membership on the form supplied by the manager and return the form to the manager;
(2) satisfy the conditions and financial criteria prescribed in this Division;
(3) sign the membership agreement supplied by the manager and setting forth the obligations listed in Schedule II;
(4) hold security in the amount of $20,000 against fraud, embezzlement or misappropriation of funds;
(5) submit complete financial statements audited or accompanied by a review engagement report and drawn up by an accountant. Those statements shall be dated and signed by a person in authority. In addition, financial statements shall be dated no later than 4 months after the end of the undertaking’s fiscal year;
(6) produce a document certifying that the shareholders holding 20% or more of the voting shares, officers and guarantors have been discharged from any personal bankruptcy and have not been involved in the bankruptcy of a construction firm for at least 3 years and state whether one of the other shareholders was involved in such a bankruptcy in less than 3 years;
(7) produce the personal balance sheet of each officer, shareholder, guarantor and partner, duly completed, dated and signed;
(8) declare all his obligations towards third parties and towards affiliates or other companies, such as a legal hypothec or security towards third parties;
(9) produce a certified true copy of the deed of incorporation of his undertaking;
(10) pay the membership fees required by the manager; and
(11) produce a document certifying that he has applied to the Board for a contractor’s licence;
(12) if that person, one of its shareholders holding 20% or more of the voting shares or one of its officers was accredited for the last 3 years by another manager, produce a statement of that manager stating whether sums are owed by the applicant undertaking, one of its shareholders holding 20% or more of the voting shares or one of its officers.