Licensing process

Subregulation (1) does not apply if the licence document is not in the licence holder’s possession because — (a) it has been returned to the regulator under regulation 512; and (b) the licence holder has applied for, but has not received, a replacement licence document under regulation 513.

The licence document must include the following — (a) the name of the licence holder; (b) if the licence holder conducts the business or undertaking under a business name — that business name; (c) in the case of an asbestos removal licence — the class of asbestos removal licence and a description of the work…

A licence holder must keep the licence document available for inspection under the Act.

For the purposes of regulation 497(2)(e) and (f), the regulator must have regard to all relevant matters, including the following — (a) any offence under the Act or these regulations or under a corresponding WHS law of which the applicant has been convicted or found guilty; (b) any offence in relation to the unlawful disposal…

For the purposes of regulation 497(2)(e) and (f), if the applicant is a body corporate, the regulator must have regard to all relevant matters, including the matters referred to in subregulation (1), in relation to — (a) the body corporate; and (b) each officer of the body corporate.

If the regulator proposes to refuse to grant a licence, the regulator must give the applicant a written notice — (a) informing the applicant of the reasons for the proposed refusal; and (b) advising the applicant that the applicant may, by a specified date (being not less than 28 days after giving the notice), make…

After the date specified in a notice under subregulation (1), the regulator must — (a) if the applicant has made a submission in relation to the proposed refusal to grant the licence — consider that submission; and (b) whether or not the applicant has made a submission — decide whether to grant or refuse to…