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Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
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284 Authorisations
(1) If an authority under a former Act of a class prescribed by the
Regulations for this section is in force immediately before
commencement, on commencement the authority becomes an
authorisation under this Act of the kind specified in the Regulations.
(2) Regulations prescribing a class of authorities for this section:
(a) must specify the kind of authorisation under this Act that
authorities of that class are to become; and
(b) may prescribe conditions to which the authorisations are to be
subject.
(3) The Regulations allow for an application for the grant or renewal of
the authority that was made before commencement but, as at
commencement, had not been determined, to be considered and
determined under the former Act as if that Act had not been
repealed.
(4) If the Regulations provide as mentioned in subsection (3) and an
authority is granted or renewed under the former Act as so
continued, subsection (1) applies to the authority at the date of
grant or renewal.
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(5) In this section:
authority means a licence, permit, registration or other form of
authority, however described.
former Act means:
(a) the old WHS Act; or
(b) the Dangerous Goods Act 1998, as in force from time to time
before commencement.