Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022
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.
(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) 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 the Act or these regulations or under any corresponding WHS law; and
(ii) details of any 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 any corresponding WHS law; and
(iv) details of any 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 these regulations or under a corresponding WHS law, a declaration –
(A) describing any 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