Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 517

517 Provisions relating to renewal of licence

(1) For this division—

(a) section 496 applies as if a reference in that section to an application for a licence were a reference to an application to renew a licence; and

(b) sections 497 (except subsection (5) ) and 503 apply as if a reference in those sections to the grant of a licence were a reference to the renewal of a licence; and

(c) section 500 applies as if a reference in section 497 to the grant of a licence were a reference to the renewal of a licence; and

(d) section 501 applies as if a reference in that section to a refusal to grant a licence were a reference to a refusal to renew a licence.

(2) The regulator must not renew an asbestos removal licence unless the regulator is satisfied about the matters mentioned in section 518 .

(3) The regulator may renew an asbestos removal licence or asbestos assessor licence granted to a person under a corresponding WHS law unless that licence is renewed under that law.

(4) If a licence holder applies under section 516 for the renewal of an asbestos removal licence or asbestos assessor licence, the licence is taken to continue in force from the day it would, apart from this subsection, have expired until the licence holder is given notice of the decision on the application.

Note—

A refusal to renew a licence is a reviewable decision, see section 676 .