South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - 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 manner and form required by the regulator.

        (2)         The application must include the following information:

            (a)         the name and address of the applicant;

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

            (b)         any other evidence of the applicant's identity required by the regulator;

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

            (d)         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;

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

            (f)         if the applicant is an individual—

                  (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 ever been convicted or found guilty of any offence under the Act or these regulations or under any corresponding WHS law; and

                  (ii)         details of any conviction or finding of guilt declared under subparagraph (i); and

                  (iii)         a declaration as to whether or not the applicant (and in the case of a body corporate, any officer of the body corporate) has been convicted or found guilty of any offence in relation to the unlawful disposal of hazardous waste under the Environment Protection Act 1993 or the law of another jurisdiction; and

                  (iv)         details of any conviction or finding of guilt declared under subparagraph (iii); and

                  (v)         a declaration as to whether or not the applicant has ever entered into an enforceable undertaking under the Act or under any corresponding WHS law; and

                  (vi)         details of any enforceable undertaking declared under subparagraph (v); and

                  (vii)         if the applicant has previously been refused an equivalent licence under a corresponding WHS law, a declaration giving details of that refusal; and

                  (viii)         if the applicant has previously held an equivalent licence under a corresponding 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 applicant had been disqualified from applying for any licence; and

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

            (g)         if the applicant is a body corporate, the information referred to in paragraph (f) in relation to—

                  (i)         the body corporate; and

                  (ii)         each office holder of the body corporate;

            (h)         in the case of an application for an asbestos removal licence—the additional information referred to in regulation 493 or 494, as applicable;

                  (i)         in the case of an asbestos assessor licence—the additional information referred to in regulation 495.

Note—

See section 268 of the Act for offences relating to the giving of false or misleading information under the Act or these regulations.

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