sec.54Criteria for applications—use licences

### sec.54 Criteria for applications—use licences In deciding whether an applicant for a use licence is a suitable person to hold the licence, the chief executive may have regard to the following— the qualifications, training, skills, competence, knowledge and experience of the applicant that are relevant to the radiation practice to which the application relates; if the applicant is a person registered as a veterinary surgeon under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936 or a health practitioner—any conditions attaching to the applicant’s registration, enrolment or accreditation as a veterinary surgeon or health practitioner limiting the applicant’s ability to carry out the practice; if the applicant has been convicted of an indictable offence—the nature, and circumstances of the commission, of the offence; whether the applicant has been convicted of an offence against this Act, the repealed Act or a corresponding law; the outcome of the security check and criminal history check under division 10 for the applicant; whether the applicant held an Act instrument under this Act, or a similar instrument under the repealed Act or a corresponding law, that was suspended or cancelled; anything else relevant to the security of the radiation source to which the application relates; anything else relevant to the following in so far as exposure to radiation is concerned— the health or safety of any person; harm to the environment. For subsection (1) (e) , the chief executive must have regard to whether— the applicant has been convicted of, or charged with, a relevant offence in Queensland or elsewhere; and it is an unacceptable security risk for the applicant to use a security enhanced source. s 54 amd 2010 No. 8 s 30 (sec.54-ssec.1) In deciding whether an applicant for a use licence is a suitable person to hold the licence, the chief executive may have regard to the following— the qualifications, training, skills, competence, knowledge and experience of the applicant that are relevant to the radiation practice to which the application relates; if the applicant is a person registered as a veterinary surgeon under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936 or a health practitioner—any conditions attaching to the applicant’s registration, enrolment or accreditation as a veterinary surgeon or health practitioner limiting the applicant’s ability to carry out the practice; if the applicant has been convicted of an indictable offence—the nature, and circumstances of the commission, of the offence; whether the applicant has been convicted of an offence against this Act, the repealed Act or a corresponding law; the outcome of the security check and criminal history check under division 10 for the applicant; whether the applicant held an Act instrument under this Act, or a similar instrument under the repealed Act or a corresponding law, that was suspended or cancelled; anything else relevant to the security of the radiation source to which the application relates; anything else relevant to the following in so far as exposure to radiation is concerned— the health or safety of any person; harm to the environment. (sec.54-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (e) , the chief executive must have regard to whether— the applicant has been convicted of, or charged with, a relevant offence in Queensland or elsewhere; and it is an unacceptable security risk for the applicant to use a security enhanced source. - (a) the qualifications, training, skills, competence, knowledge and experience of the applicant that are relevant to the radiation practice to which the application relates; - (b) if the applicant is a person registered as a veterinary surgeon under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936 or a health practitioner—any conditions attaching to the applicant’s registration, enrolment or accreditation as a veterinary surgeon or health practitioner limiting the applicant’s ability to carry out the practice; - (c) if the applicant has been convicted of an indictable offence—the nature, and circumstances of the commission, of the offence; - (d) whether the applicant has been convicted of an offence against this Act, the repealed Act or a corresponding law; - (e) the outcome of the security check and criminal history check under division 10 for the applicant; - (f) whether the applicant held an Act instrument under this Act, or a similar instrument under the repealed Act or a corresponding law, that was suspended or cancelled; - (g) anything else relevant to the security of the radiation source to which the application relates; - (h) anything else relevant to the following in so far as exposure to radiation is concerned— (i) the health or safety of any person; (ii) harm to the environment. - (i) the health or safety of any person; - (ii) harm to the environment. - (i) the health or safety of any person; - (ii) harm to the environment. - (a) the applicant has been convicted of, or charged with, a relevant offence in Queensland or elsewhere; and - (b) it is an unacceptable security risk for the applicant to use a security enhanced source.