Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 594

594 Replacement licence document

(1) The operator of a licensed major hazard facility must give written notice to the regulator as soon as practicable if the licence document is lost, stolen or destroyed.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—12 1 / 2 penalty units; or

(b) for a body corporate—60 penalty units.

(2) If a licence document for a licensed major hazard facility is lost, stolen or destroyed, the operator may apply to the regulator for a replacement document.

Note—

An operator is required to keep the licence document available for inspection, see section 587 .

(3) The application must be in the way and in the form approved by the regulator.

(4) The application must include—

(a) a declaration describing the circumstances in which the original document was lost, stolen or destroyed; and

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

(c) the relevant fee.

(5) The regulator must issue a replacement licence document if satisfied that the original document was lost, stolen or destroyed.

(6) If the regulator refuses to issue a replacement licence document, it must give the operator written notice of this decision, including the reasons for the decision, within 14 days after making the decision.

Note—

A refusal to issue a replacement licence document is a reviewable decision, see section 676 .