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#### 31 Application for exemption
31 Application for exemption
> For the purposes of section 205(2)(c) (*Application for exemption*) of the Law, an application for an exemption must contain—
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> > (a) the following identification details of the applicant—
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> > > (i) the applicant’s name;
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> > > (ii) the applicant’s registered business name and trading name (if different from the registered business name);
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> > > (iii) the applicant’s ACN if the applicant has an ACN (but, if not, the applicant’s ABN);
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> > > (iv) the applicant’s residential address or, in the case of a body corporate, registered business address; and
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> > (b) the name and contact details of the person or persons appointed by the applicant—
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> > > (i) to deal with any queries that the Regulator may have in relation to the application; and
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> > > (ii) to be responsible for the exemption and to deal with any queries that the Regulator may have in relation to the exemption; and
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> > (c) if the applicant is not an individual—evidence that the application has been submitted to and endorsed—
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> > > (i) if the applicant is a body corporate—
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> > > > (A) that is a company within the meaning of the [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth—in accordance with section 127 of that Act; or
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> > > > (B) in any other case—by its governing body;
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> > > (ii) if the applicant is a partnership—by each partner;
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> > > (iii) if the applicant is an unincorporated association or body—by its governing body; and
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> > (d) if any of the activities that the applicant intends to carry out in respect of which the exemption is sought are to be carried out by another person on behalf of the applicant—
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> > > (i) the name and contact details of each such person; and
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> > > (ii) details of the activities that it is intended that the person will carry out on behalf of the applicant; and
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> > (e) evidence of the applicant’s competence and capacity to manage risks to safety associated with the railway operations in respect of which the exemption is sought; and
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> > (f) evidence of the applicant’s financial capacity, or public risk insurance arrangements, to meet reasonable potential accident liabilities arising from the railway operations in respect of which the exemption is sought.