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Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018
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This section prescribes, for section 728C (2) (a) of the Act , the qualifications or experience required for— if an applicant for a gas work authorisation is a corporation—each individual who is to perform gas work for the applicant under the authorisation; or an applicant for a gas work licence or gas work authorisation who is an individual. The applicant or individual must— have completed the qualification stated in schedule 5 , part 2 or 3 , column 2 opposite the type of gas work licence or gas work authorisation; or for a gas work licence, hold a gas work licence— authorising the same type of work as the licence being applied for; and that is current or expired no earlier than 12 months before the application for the licence was made; or be a person the chief inspector reasonably believes otherwise demonstrates the skill and knowledge required to carry out the type of gas work to which the licence or authorisation applied for relates. For subsection (2) (a) as it applies to an application for a gas work licence— in schedule 5 , part 2 , column 2, a reference to a certificate III means a certificate III completed no earlier than 12 months before the application was made; and if schedule 5 , part 2 , column 2 states required units of competency for a type of licence and the required units of competency are not part of a certificate III required for the type of licence, at least 1 of the required units of competency must have been completed no earlier than 12 months before the application was made. For subsection (2) (c) , the chief inspector may require the applicant or individual to complete a written, oral or practical examination. s 124 amd 2020 SL No. 206 s 4 (sec.124-ssec.1) This section prescribes, for section 728C (2) (a) of the Act , the qualifications or experience required for— if an applicant for a gas work authorisation is a corporation—each individual who is to perform gas work for the applicant under the authorisation; or an applicant for a gas work licence or gas work authorisation who is an individual. (sec.124-ssec.2) The applicant or individual must— have completed the qualification stated in schedule 5 , part 2 or 3 , column 2 opposite the type of gas work licence or gas work authorisation; or for a gas work licence, hold a gas work licence— authorising the same type of work as the licence being applied for; and that is current or expired no earlier than 12 months before the application for the licence was made; or be a person the chief inspector reasonably believes otherwise demonstrates the skill and knowledge required to carry out the type of gas work to which the licence or authorisation applied for relates. (sec.124-ssec.3) For subsection (2) (a) as it applies to an application for a gas work licence— in schedule 5 , part 2 , column 2, a reference to a certificate III means a certificate III completed no earlier than 12 months before the application was made; and if schedule 5 , part 2 , column 2 states required units of competency for a type of licence and the required units of competency are not part of a certificate III required for the type of licence, at least 1 of the required units of competency must have been completed no earlier than 12 months before the application was made. (sec.124-ssec.4) For subsection (2) (c) , the chief inspector may require the applicant or individual to complete a written, oral or practical examination.