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Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011
87Application for high risk work licence
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87 Application for high risk work licence
(1) An application for a high risk work licence must be made in the manner and form required by the regulator.
(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) 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 any offence under:
(i) the Act, these Regulations or a former law of the Commonwealth or a State that deals with occupational health and safety; or
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.
(i) details of any conviction or finding of guilt declared under paragraph (h);
(j) a declaration as to whether or not the applicant has entered into an enforceable undertaking under:
(i) the Act, these Regulations or a former law of the Commonwealth or a State that deals with occupational health and safety; or
(k) details of any 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 that refusal;
(m) if the applicant has previously held an equivalent licence under a corresponding WHS law, a declaration:
(i) describing any condition imposed on that licence; and
(ii) stating whether or not that licence had been suspended or cancelled and, if so, whether or not the applicant had been disqualified from applying for any licence; and
(iii) giving details of any suspension, cancellation or disqualification.
Note: See section 268 of the Act for offences relating to the giving of false or misleading information under the Act or these Regulations.