Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

WORK SAFETY REGULATION 2009 (NO 45 OF 2009) - REG 141

    (1)     If a licence to carry out a class of high risk work is suspended or cancelled under this division, the licensee must surrender the licence to the chief executive not later than—

        (a)     if the licence is suspended—14 days after the day the notice of the suspension is given; or

        (b)     if the licence is cancelled—14 days after the day the cancellation takes effect.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (2)     If a surrendered licence includes a class of high risk work that is not suspended or cancelled, the chief executive must issue a licence to the licensee for that class of work at no cost to the licensee.

    (3)     The chief executive must return a suspended licence to the licensee if—

        (a)     the suspension period has expired; or

        (b)     the suspension is revoked.

    (4)     Subsection (3) does not apply if the licence expires or is further suspended or cancelled under this part.

    (5)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.