Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 292

292 Appointment of authorised representative preserved

(1) A person appointed as an authorised representative under the repealed Act, section 90D , and holding office immediately before the repeal of that section, from the repeal is taken to be issued with a WHS entry permit under section 134 .

(2) The person’s WHS entry permit is taken to be the identity card issued to the person under the repealed Act, section 90H .

(3) For deciding the term of the permit, and despite section 136 , the permit is taken to have been issued—

(a) when the person was appointed as an authorised representative under the repealed Act; and

(b) for the period until the expiry date stated on the identity card.

(4) The permit is taken to be issued to the person on the conditions of the appointment mentioned in the repealed Act, section 90F , which may be varied under section 135 .

(5) If the industrial registrar issues the person with a WHS permit under section 134 , subsections (1) to (3) stop applying to the person.

(6) An application under the repealed Act, section 90C that has not been decided at the repeal, from the repeal is taken to be an application under section 131 and must be decided by the industrial registrar.