Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025
578Application for major hazard facility licence
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578 Application for major hazard facility licence
578 Application for major hazard facility licence
(1) An application for a major hazard facility licence must be made in the way and form required by the regulator.
(2) The application must include the following information—
(a) the operator’s name,
(b) whether or not the operator is a body corporate,
(c) if the operator conducts the business or undertaking under a business name—that business name and a certificate or other written evidence of the registration of the business name,
(d) the other evidence of the operator’s identity required by the regulator,
(e) the safety case prepared under Part 9.3, Division 4,
(f) if the operator is an individual—
(i) a declaration as to whether or not the operator has ever been convicted or found guilty of an offence under the Act or this regulation or under a corresponding WHS law, and
(ii) details of a conviction or finding of guilt declared under subparagraph (i), and
(iii) a declaration as to whether or not the operator has ever entered into an enforceable undertaking under the Act or under a corresponding WHS law, and
(iv) details of an enforceable undertaking declared under subparagraph (iii), and
(v) if the operator has previously been refused a major hazard facility licence under a corresponding WHS law, a declaration giving details of that refusal, and
(vi) if the operator has previously held a major hazard facility licence under the Act or this regulation or under a corresponding WHS law—a declaration—
(A) describing a condition imposed on that licence, and
(B) stating whether or not that licence had been suspended or cancelled and, if so, whether or not the operator had been disqualified from applying for a major hazard facility licence, and
(C) giving details of a suspension, cancellation or disqualification,
(g) if the operator is a body corporate—the information referred to in paragraph (f) in relation to—