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578Application for major hazard facility licence
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578 Application for major hazard facility licence
(1) An application for a major hazard facility licence must be made in the manner and form required by the regulator.
(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) any other evidence of the operator’s identity required by the regulator;
(e) the safety case prepared under Division 4 of Part 9.3;
(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 any offence under:
(A) the Act, these Regulations or a former law of the Commonwealth or a State that deals with occupational health and safety; or
(B) any corresponding WHS law;
Note: Division 3 of Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914 provides that a person is not required to disclose a conviction which is spent in accordance with that Act.
(iii) a declaration as to whether or not the operator has ever entered into an enforceable undertaking under:
(A) the Act, these Regulations or a former law of the Commonwealth or a State that deals with occupational health and safety; or
(B) any corresponding WHS law;
(iv) details of any enforceable undertaking declared under subparagraph (iii); and
(v) if the operator has previously been refused an equivalent licence under a corresponding WHS law, a declaration giving details of that refusal; and
(vi) if the operator has previously held an equivalent licence under a corresponding WHS law, a declaration:
(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 any licence; and
(g) if the operator is a body corporate, the information referred to in paragraph (f) in relation to:
(i) the operator; and
(ii) each officer of the operator.
Note: See section 268 of the Act for offences relating to the giving of false or misleading information under the Act or these Regulations.