Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025
87Application for high risk work licence
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87 Application for high risk work licence
87 Application for high risk work licence
(1) An application for a high risk work licence must be made in the way and form required by the regulator.
(2) The application must include the following information—
(a) the applicant’s name and residential address,
(b) a photograph of the applicant in the form required by the regulator,
(c) evidence of the applicant’s age,
(d) the other evidence of the applicant’s identity required by the regulator,
(e) the class of high risk work licence to which the application relates,
(f) a copy of a certification—
(i) that is held by the applicant in relation to the specified VET course, or each of the specified VET courses, for the high risk work licence applied for, and
(ii) that was issued not more than 60 days before the application is made,
(g) a declaration that the applicant does not hold an equivalent licence under a corresponding WHS law,
(h) a declaration as to whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted or found guilty of an offence under the Act or this regulation or under a corresponding WHS law,
(i) details of a conviction or finding of guilt declared under paragraph (h),
(j) a declaration as to whether or not the applicant has ever entered into an enforceable undertaking under the Act or under a corresponding WHS law,
(k) details of an enforceable undertaking declared under paragraph (j),
(l) if the applicant has previously been refused an equivalent licence under a corresponding WHS law, a declaration giving details of the refusal,
(m) if the applicant has previously held an equivalent licence under a corresponding WHS law, a declaration—
(i) describing a condition imposed on the licence, and
(ii) stating whether or not the licence had been suspended or cancelled and, if so, whether or not the applicant had been disqualified from applying for a licence, and