Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 578

578 Application for major hazard facility licence

(1) An application for a major hazard facility 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 operator’s name and address;

(b) evidence of identity required by the regulator;

(c) if the operator 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;

(d) the safety case prepared under part 9.3 , division 4 ;

(e) if the operator is an individual—

(i) a declaration as to whether or not the operator has any relevant WHS conviction; and

(ii) details of any relevant WHS conviction declared under subparagraph (i) ; and

(iii) a declaration as to whether or not the operator has entered into an enforceable undertaking under a relevant WHS law; and

(iv) details of any enforceable undertaking declared under paragraph (iii) ; and

(v) if the operator has previously been refused an equivalent licence under a relevant WHS law, a declaration giving details of that refusal;

(vi) if the operator has previously held an equivalent licence under a relevant WHS law, a declaration—

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

(B) stating whether or not that licence had been suspended or cancelled and, if so, whether or not the operator had been disqualified from applying for a similar licence; and

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

(vii) any additional information required by the regulator;

(f) if the operator is a body corporate, the information stated in paragraph (e) in relation to—

(i) the operator; and

(ii) each officer of the operator;

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

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