Western Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (MINES) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 675ZZL

675ZZL .         Referral of application for statutory certificate to relevant competence committee

        (1)         The regulator must refer an applicant’s application for a statutory certificate under regulation 675ZZB(1) to the relevant competence committee for the certificate for an assessment.

        (2)         The relevant competence committee for the certificate must assess whether the applicant is eligible to hold the statutory certificate, having regard to —

            (a)         the eligibility requirements for the certificate; and

            (b)         whether the work undertaken by the applicant is sufficient experience to entitle the applicant to obtain the statutory certificate.

        (3)         The relevant competence committee for the certificate may give the applicant a written notice —

            (a)         requiring the applicant to, within the reasonable period stated in the notice, give the committee documents or information for the purposes of its assessment; and

            (b)         stating that, if the applicant fails to comply with the notice, the committee may decide that the applicant is not eligible for the statutory certificate.

        (4)         The relevant competence committee must give the regulator the results of the assessment of the applicant’s eligibility for a statutory certificate as soon as practicable after the committee completes the assessment.