Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 513

513 Replacement licence document

(1) A licence holder of an asbestos removal licence or an asbestos assessor licence must notify the regulator as soon as practicable if the licence document is lost, stolen or destroyed.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—12 1 / 2 penalty units; or

(b) for a body corporate—60 penalty units.

(2) If a licence document is lost, stolen or destroyed, the licence holder may apply to the regulator for a replacement document.

Note—

A licence holder is required to keep the licence document available for inspection, see section 505 .

(3) An application for a replacement licence document must be made in the way and in the form approved by the regulator.

(4) The application must include—

(a) a declaration describing the circumstances in which the original document was lost, stolen or destroyed; and

(b) a declaration that the information contained in the application is, to the best of the applicant’s knowledge, true and correct; and

(c) the relevant fee.

(5) The regulator may issue a replacement licence document if satisfied that the original document was lost, stolen or destroyed.

(6) If the regulator refuses to issue a replacement licence document, it must give the licence holder written notice of this decision, including the reasons for the decision, within 14 days after making the decision.

Note—

A refusal to issue a replacement licence document is a reviewable decision, see section 676 .