13Application for a licence

13 Application for a licence

S. 13(1) amended by No. 35/2025 s. 42.

(1) A person may apply to the Workforce Inspectorate Victoria for the issue of a licence authorising the person to employ children.

(2) The application must—

S. 13(2)(a) amended by No. 35/2025 s. 42.

(a) be made in writing and in the form approved by the Workforce Inspectorate Victoria; and

(b) state the name, telephone number and business address of the applicant, including any business or other trading name; and

(c) state whether the application is for—

(i) an entertainment licence; or

(ii) a general licence; and

(d) in the case of an application for a general licence, state whether the application is for a licence of a period of one year or two years; and

(e) contain the prescribed information (if any); and

S. 13(2)(f) amended by No. 35/2025 s. 42.

(f) contain any other information required by the Workforce Inspectorate Victoria.

(3) If an applicant for a licence is a body corporate—

(a) the applicant must nominate an employee or an officer of the applicant who, on behalf of the applicant—

(i) will make or participate in making decisions about the employment of children by the applicant (including whether or not to employ particular children); and

(ii) will have knowledge of the work of children employed by the applicant; and

(iii) will have responsibility for ensuring that, in relation to the work of children employed by the applicant, the applicant complies with the child employment laws and the conditions of the licence; and

(b) the application must state the full name, position description and contact details of that person.

(4) If an application is for an entertainment licence—

(a) the applicant must nominate one or more persons who—

(i) will have, on behalf of the applicant, the power to direct the work of any child employed by the applicant; and

(ii) will have, on behalf of the applicant, the power to ensure that, in relation to any child's work, the applicant complies with the child employment laws and the conditions of the licence; and

(iii) have a current WWC clearance or are exempt from the requirement to have a current WWC clearance under section 19B; and

(b) the application must state the full name, position description and contact details of each of those persons.

(5) The applicant must not nominate a person under subsection (3) or (4) who has been convicted or found guilty of an offence against a child employment law or a workplace law.