729—Applicants for asbestos removal licences or asbestos assessor
licences (regulation 491)
(1) Until the second
anniversary of the relevant day, a person may apply for, and may be granted, a
Class A asbestos removal licence or a Class B asbestos removal licence despite
the fact that he or she has not completed the specified VET course for the
supervision of asbestos removal work if the regulator is satisfied that the
person has appropriate training and experience and is competent to supervise
the work to which the licence relates.
(2) Until the second
anniversary of the relevant day, a person may apply for, and may be granted,
an asbestos assessor licence despite the fact that he or she has not completed
the specified VET course for asbestos assessor work if the regulator is
satisfied that the person has appropriate training and experience and is
competent to carry out asbestos assessor work.
(3) An application for
an asbestos removal licence made under regulation 202 of the revoked
regulations but not finally determined immediately before the relevant day is
to be taken to be an application to the regulator for the equivalent licence
under Chapter 8 Part 10 of these regulations and is to be dealt with
accordingly.
(4) If an application
within the ambit of subregulation (3) satisfies the requirements of
regulation 202 of the revoked regulations, the application will be taken to
satisfy the requirements of Chapter 8 Part 10 of these regulations.