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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
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580 Decision on application
(1) Subject to this regulation, the regulator must grant a major hazard
facility licence if satisfied about the matters referred to in
(b) the safety case for the facility has been prepared in
accordance with Part 9.3, Division 4;
(c) the operator is able to operate the major hazard facility safely
and competently;
(d) the operator is able to comply with any conditions that will
apply to the licence.
(3) The regulator may refuse to grant a major hazard facility licence if it
becomes aware of circumstances that satisfy it that the following
persons are not suitable persons to exercise management or
control over the major hazard facility:
(a) if the operator is an individual – the operator;
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(b) if the operator is a body corporate – any officer of the body
corporate.
(4) The regulator must refuse to grant a major hazard facility licence if
satisfied that the operator, in making the application, has:
(5) If the regulator decides to grant the licence, it must notify the
operator within 14 days after making the decision.
(6) If the regulator does not make a decision within 6 months after
under regulation 579, the regulator is taken to have refused to grant
Note for regulation 580
A refusal to grant a major hazard facility licence (including under
subregulation (6)) is a reviewable decision (see regulation 676).