Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 492

492 Application for asbestos removal licence or asbestos assessor licence

(1) An application for an asbestos removal licence or asbestos assessor licence must be made in the way and in the form approved by the regulator.

(2) The application must include the following information—

(a) the name and address of the applicant;

(b) if required by the regulator of an applicant who is an individual, a photograph of the applicant in the form required by the regulator;

(c) any other evidence of the applicant’s identity required by the regulator;

(d) the class of licence to which the application relates;

(e) if, in the case of an asbestos removal licence, the applicant conducts the business or undertaking under a business name—that business name and a certificate or other written evidence of the registration of the business name;

(f) a declaration that the applicant does not hold an equivalent licence under a corresponding WHS law;

(g) a declaration as to whether or not the applicant (and in the case of a body corporate, any officer of the body corporate) has any relevant WHS conviction;

(h) details of any relevant WHS conviction declared under paragraph (g) ;

(i) a declaration as to whether or not the applicant (and in the case of a body corporate, any officer of the body corporate) has any conviction for any offence in relation to the unlawful disposal of hazardous waste under—

(i) the Environmental Protection Act 1994 ; or

Note—

See sections 437 (Offences of causing serious environmental harm), 438 (Offences of causing material environmental harm) of that Act for examples of relevant provisions.

(ii) the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 ;

Note—

See sections 103 (General littering provision) and 104 (Illegal dumping of waste provision) of that Act for examples of relevant provisions.

(j) details of any conviction declared under paragraph (i) ;

(k) a declaration as to whether or not the applicant (and in the case of a body corporate, any officer of the body corporate) has entered into an enforceable undertaking under a relevant WHS law;

(l) details of any enforceable undertaking declared under paragraph (k) ;

(m) if the applicant (and in the case of a body corporate, any officer of the body corporate) has previously been refused a similar licence under a relevant WHS law, a declaration giving details of that refusal;

(n) if the applicant (and in the case of a body corporate, any officer of the body corporate) has previously held a similar licence under a relevant WHS law, a declaration—

(i) describing any condition imposed on that licence; and

(ii) stating whether or not that licence had been suspended or cancelled and, if so, whether or not the applicant (and in the case of a body corporate, any officer of the body corporate) had been disqualified from applying for a similar licence; and

(iii) giving details of any suspension, cancellation or disqualification;

(o) in the case of an application for an asbestos removal licence—the additional information mentioned in section 493 or 494 , as applicable;

(p) in the case of an asbestos assessor licence—the additional information mentioned in section 495 ;

(q) a declaration that the information contained in the application is, to the best of the applicant’s knowledge, true and correct.

(3) The application must be accompanied by the relevant fee.