(1)  Unless it is earlier revoked, a WHS entry permit expires at the first of the following to occur:

(a) at the end of the term of the WHS entry permit;

(b) when the permit holder ceases to be a WHS entry permit holder under the Fair Work Act unless the permit holder is entitled to enter workplaces pursuant to section 77 of the Industrial Relations Act 1984 ;

(ba) when the permit holder ceases to be entitled to enter workplaces pursuant to section 77 of the Industrial Relations Act 1984 unless the permit holder is a WHS entry permit holder under the Fair Work Act;

(c) when the permit holder ceases to be an official of the union that applied for the permit;

(d) the union that applied for the permit ceases to be –

(i) an organisation that is registered, or taken to be registered, under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 of the Commonwealth; or

(ii) an association of employees or independent contractors, or both, that is registered or recognised as such an association (however described) under the Industrial Relations Act 1984 .

(2)  An application may be made for the issue of a subsequent WHS entry permit before or after the current WHS entry permit expires.