146Register of practising certificates

146 Register of practising certificates

146 Register of practising certificates

(1) The regulator must maintain a register of practising certificates (the register).

(2) The purpose of the register is to provide a relevant person with information about the holders of practising certificates, including the following—

(a) the identifying details of the holder, including the name and contact details of the holder and the unique identifier of the holder’s practising certificate,

(b) the qualifications and skills of the holder,

(c) the places at which the holder works and has worked,

(d) details of the practising certificate of the holder, including its expiry date and conditions of the practising certificate,

(e) details of an action under the WHS laws in relation to the holder, including convictions or the suspension or cancellation of a current or previous practising certificate.

(3) The regulator may collect, store, use and disclose information for the purposes of the register.

(4) The regulator may disclose information on the register to a relevant person if the regulator considers it reasonably necessary to do so to reduce or control a risk to the health or safety of a person, including an individual outside New South Wales.

(5) In this section—

certification agency means—

(a) the Board, or

(b) an agency in another Australian jurisdiction that exercises functions in relation to the certification of the competency of workers in mines, including the following agencies—

(i) Resources Safety & Health Queensland,

(ii) Government of Western Australia Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety,

(iii) SafeWork SA,

(iv) the South Australian Department for Energy and Mining,

(v) NT WorkSafe,

(vi) WorkSafe ACT,

(vii) WorkSafe Tasmania,