Queensland Consolidated Acts

LABOUR HIRE LICENSING ACT 2017 - SECT 14

14 Persons who can not apply

(1) A person who was the holder of a licence that has been cancelled can not apply for a licence for 2 years after the cancellation.

(2) However, a corporation that was the holder of a licence that has been cancelled, and any related body corporate of the corporation, can not apply for a licence unless the chief executive is satisfied that, because of a genuine sale, the requirements mentioned in subsection (5) are satisfied for the corporation.

(3) If a person applies for a licence and the chief executive decides to refuse to grant the licence, the person can not apply for another licence—

(a) for 3 months after the day the chief executive gives the person the information notice about the decision; or

(b) if the person applies for a review of or appeals the decision and the decision is confirmed—for 3 months after the day the decision is confirmed.

(4) However, subsection (3) does not apply to a corporation if the chief executive is satisfied that, because of a genuine sale, the requirements mentioned in subsection (5) are satisfied for the corporation.

(5) For subsections (2) and (4) , the requirements, in relation to the corporation’s cancelled licence or refused application, are that—

(a) no person who was a shareholder of, or held a beneficial interest in, the corporation when the cancellation was made or the refused application was made, is a shareholder of, or holds a beneficial interest in, the corporation when the application mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) is made; and

(b) no person who was in a position to control or influence the affairs of the corporation when the cancellation or refused application was made is in a position to control or influence the affairs of the corporation when the application mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) is made.

(6) In this section—

"related body corporate" see the Corporations Act , section 9 .