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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 728

Pending exemption applications—high risk work

728 Pending exemption applications—high risk work

(1) This section applies if—
(a) before the commencement, a person has applied under section 21 of the repealed WHS regulation for an exemption from holding a licence to perform a class of high risk work mentioned in column 1 of the table (the
"column 1 class" ); and
(b) on the commencement, the application has not been decided.
(2) On the commencement, the chief executive must deal, or continue to deal, with the application under the repealed WHS regulation.
Note—
A refusal to grant an application is a reviewable decision. See section 676.
(3) If the chief executive decides to grant the application—
(a) the person is taken to hold an exemption under section 686 granted by the regulator exempting the person from compliance with a provision of this regulation requiring the person to hold a high risk work licence for the class of high risk work mentioned in column 2 of the table shown opposite the column 1 class; and
(b) any restrictions placed on the exemption by the chief executive under section 21(7) of the repealed WHS regulation continue to apply to the exemption.
(4) If the application was for an exemption from holding a licence to perform the licence class intermediate boiler operator under the repealed WHS regulation, in addition to being exempt from holding a licence to carry out the licence class standard boiler operation, the person is exempt from holding a licence to perform the licence class intermediate boiler operator under the repealed WHS regulation until 31 December 2012.



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