Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 492

  (1)   An application for an asbestos removal 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 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 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 has been convicted or found guilty of any offence in relation to the unlawful disposal of hazardous waste under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory dealing with environmental protection; 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 officer of the body corporate;

  (h)   the additional information referred to in regulation   493 or 494, as applicable.

Note 1:   See Part   7.4 of the Criminal Code for offences relating to the giving of false or misleading information under the Act or these Regulations.

Note 2:   Division   3 of Part   VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914 provides that a person is not required to disclose a conviction which is spent in accordance with that Act.

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