Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 284

284 Amendment on application by registration holder

(1) The regulator may, on application by the registration holder, amend a registration, including by amending the registration to vary or delete or add a condition of the registration.

(2) If the regulator proposes to refuse to amend the registration, it must give the registration holder a written notice that—

(a) states the intention to refuse to make the amendment and the reasons for that intention; and

(b) informs the registration holder that the registration holder may make a submission to the regulator in relation to the proposed refusal within a specified period (being not less than 28 days after the registration holder is given the notice).

(3) If the registration holder makes a submission within the time stated in the notice, the regulator must consider that submission.

(4) After the time stated in the notice, the regulator may—

(a) make the amendment; or

(b) refuse to make the amendment; or

(c) make a different amendment that results from consideration of any submission made by the registration holder.

(5) If the regulator makes the amendment, it must give the registration holder a written notice within 14 days of making the decision stating the date on which the amendment takes effect.

(6) If the regulator refuses to make the amendment or makes a different amendment, it must give the registration holder a written notice within 14 days of making the decision that—

(a) if a submission was made in relation to the proposed amendment—sets out the reasons for the regulator’s decision; and

(b) if the regulator makes a different amendment—

(i) sets out the amendment; and

(ii) states the date, being not less than the 28 days after the registration holder is given the second notice, on which the amendment takes effect.

Note—

A refusal to make the amendment applied for, or to make a different amendment, is a reviewable decision, see section 676 .