sec.38Fireworks contractor licence

sec.38 Fireworks contractor licence

A person is an appropriate person for the issue of a fireworks contractor licence if the chief inspector is reasonably satisfied the person or, if the person is a corporation, an executive officer or employee of the corporation— is 21 years or more; and holds a fireworks operator licence or an equivalent authority; and has held a fireworks operator licence or an equivalent authority for 3 years or more; and either— has, within the 3-year period ending on the day the application for the licence is made, been assessed by a registered training organisation as having attained the specific competencies, approved by the chief inspector and published on a Queensland Government website, in organising fireworks displays contained in an industry training package; or otherwise demonstrates the skill, knowledge and experience required to organise fireworks displays to a standard considered by the chief inspector to be necessary for the safety and health of persons; and is, in all the circumstances, an appropriate person for the issue of a fireworks contractor licence. For subsection (1) (d) (ii) , the chief inspector may require the person to take a written, oral or practical examination. In this section— equivalent authority means a licence issued under the law of another State authorising the person to use fireworks. s 38 amd 2019 SL No. 203 s 6 (sec.38-ssec.1) A person is an appropriate person for the issue of a fireworks contractor licence if the chief inspector is reasonably satisfied the person or, if the person is a corporation, an executive officer or employee of the corporation— is 21 years or more; and holds a fireworks operator licence or an equivalent authority; and has held a fireworks operator licence or an equivalent authority for 3 years or more; and either— has, within the 3-year period ending on the day the application for the licence is made, been assessed by a registered training organisation as having attained the specific competencies, approved by the chief inspector and published on a Queensland Government website, in organising fireworks displays contained in an industry training package; or otherwise demonstrates the skill, knowledge and experience required to organise fireworks displays to a standard considered by the chief inspector to be necessary for the safety and health of persons; and is, in all the circumstances, an appropriate person for the issue of a fireworks contractor licence. (sec.38-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (d) (ii) , the chief inspector may require the person to take a written, oral or practical examination. (sec.38-ssec.3) In this section— equivalent authority means a licence issued under the law of another State authorising the person to use fireworks.

• (a) is 21 years or more; and
• (b) holds a fireworks operator licence or an equivalent authority; and