Queensland Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2005 No. 3 - SECT 90

Section 728B--

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'(1) This section applies if the chief inspector considers that the applicant has not adequately demonstrated that the applicant has the competencies and skills to hold the gas work licence or authorisation applied for.

'(2) The chief inspector may grant the applicant an interim gas work licence or authorisation (the interim authority).

'(3) The chief inspector may impose conditions on the interim authority.

'(4) The interim authority must be for a stated term of no more than 1 year.

'(5) The chief inspector may extend the term of the interim authority to a term that ends no more than 1 year after the end of its term as stated in the authority.

'(6) However, the chief inspector may extend the term more than once only if satisfied exceptional circumstances justify the further extension.

'(7) If, within the term of the interim authority, the chief inspector considers the applicant has adequately demonstrated that the applicant has the competencies and skills to hold the gas work licence or authorisation applied for, the chief inspector must--

(a) grant the application; and

(b) cancel the interim authority.

'(8) Otherwise, the chief inspector must refuse the application at the end of the term of the interim authority.'.