Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017
sec.13Application
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sec.13 Application
Subject to section 14 , a person who carries on, or intends to carry on, a business may apply to the chief executive for a licence. If a person carries on, or intends to carry on, a business with 1 or more other persons, the application must be made jointly by the person and each of the other persons. The application must— be in the approved form; and state the following— each applicant’s full name and contact details; the business name, ABN and address of the business to which the application relates; the full name and contact details of 1 or more individuals (each a proposed nominated officer ) who satisfy the requirements mentioned in section 33 (1) ; if the applicant is a corporation—the name and ACN or ARBN of the corporation and the names of the directors or members of its governing body; whether the applicant is providing, or intends to provide, accommodation or any other service to workers in connection with the provision of labour hire services; meals, transport whether, within 5 years before the application is made, any disciplinary action has been taken against the applicant by a regulatory body under a relevant law; and be accompanied by— the application fee prescribed by regulation; and the information, prescribed by regulation, about whether the business to which the application relates is financially viable; and the information, prescribed by regulation, about whether each applicant has, for the 5 years before the application is made, complied with the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 , and is able to comply with those Acts; and any other information, prescribed by regulation, the chief executive reasonably requires to decide whether each applicant and the persons mentioned in section 15 (a) are fit and proper persons to provide labour hire services. If a regulation under section 33 (2) prescribes the number of nominated officers for a licence, the application must, for subsection (3) (b) (iii) , state the name and contact details of at least the prescribed number of proposed nominated officers. (sec.13-ssec.1) Subject to section 14 , a person who carries on, or intends to carry on, a business may apply to the chief executive for a licence. (sec.13-ssec.2) If a person carries on, or intends to carry on, a business with 1 or more other persons, the application must be made jointly by the person and each of the other persons. (sec.13-ssec.3) The application must— be in the approved form; and state the following— each applicant’s full name and contact details; the business name, ABN and address of the business to which the application relates; the full name and contact details of 1 or more individuals (each a proposed nominated officer ) who satisfy the requirements mentioned in section 33 (1) ; if the applicant is a corporation—the name and ACN or ARBN of the corporation and the names of the directors or members of its governing body; whether the applicant is providing, or intends to provide, accommodation or any other service to workers in connection with the provision of labour hire services; meals, transport whether, within 5 years before the application is made, any disciplinary action has been taken against the applicant by a regulatory body under a relevant law; and be accompanied by— the application fee prescribed by regulation; and the information, prescribed by regulation, about whether the business to which the application relates is financially viable; and the information, prescribed by regulation, about whether each applicant has, for the 5 years before the application is made, complied with the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 , and is able to comply with those Acts; and any other information, prescribed by regulation, the chief executive reasonably requires to decide whether each applicant and the persons mentioned in section 15 (a) are fit and proper persons to provide labour hire services. (sec.13-ssec.4) If a regulation under section 33 (2) prescribes the number of nominated officers for a licence, the application must, for subsection (3) (b) (iii) , state the name and contact details of at least the prescribed number of proposed nominated officers.