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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 497

Matters that may be taken into account

For the purposes of regulation 496, the Authority may take into account any matter that it considers to be relevant, including, for example, the following—

        (a)     any findings of guilt, since the licence was granted or last renewed, of the licence holder (and in the case of a body corporate, any officer of the licence holder) under any relevant occupational health and safety legislation;

        (b)     whether, since the licence was granted or last renewed, the licence holder has had any other licence suspended or cancelled or any registration withdrawn by the Authority under these Regulations;

        (c)     the licence holder's record of performance while performing work under the licence (including the number and nature of any complaints made about that work);

        (d)     the applicant's record with respect to any matters arising under any relevant occupational health and safety legislation since the licence was granted or last renewed;

        (e)     the results of any inquiry conducted by the Authority under regulation 499 ;

Reg. 497(f) amended by S.R. No. 88/2021 reg. 17.

        (f)     in the case of an asbestos removal licence, any findings of guilt, since the licence was granted or last renewed, of the licence holder (and in the case of a body corporate, any officer of the licence holder) under the Environment Protection Act 1970 (as in force immediately before its repeal) or the Environment Protection Act 2017 or any regulations made under those Acts in relation to asbestos.

Note

Relevant occupational health and safety legislation is defined in regulation 5.



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