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Fair Work Commission Rules 2013
51Application for entry permit or WHS entry permit
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#### 51 Application for entry permit or WHS entry permit
Entry permits
(1) An application for an entry permit under section 512 of the Act must be accompanied by a document evidencing the completion, by the official who is to hold the permit, of appropriate training about the rights and responsibilities of a permit holder under the Act.
(1A) For the purposes of deciding, as mentioned in subsection 513(1) of the Act, whether the official is a fit and proper person, the Commission may require the official to provide to the Commission:
(a) a current national police certificate issued by the Australian Federal Police, or by a police force of a State or Territory, in respect of the official; or
(b) an authorisation signed by the official authorising the Commission to apply for such a certificate in respect of the official (together with all relevant details in relation to the official required to be included in such an application).
(1B) The Commission may, before it considers the application, publish all of the following on the Commission’s website:
(a) the name of:
(i) the organisation applying for the entry permit; and
(ii) the official of the organisation who is to hold the permit;
(b) that the organisation has applied for the entry permit to be issued to the official;
(c) that submissions may be made to the Commission, within the specified time, as to whether the official is a fit and proper person to be issued with the entry permit.
WHS entry permits
(2) An application for a WHS entry permit under section 131 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 must be accompanied by a document evidencing the satisfactory completion, by the person who is to hold the entry permit, of the training prescribed under that Act.