Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) A person is an appropriate person for the issue of a fireworks contractor licence if the chief inspector is reasonably satisfied the person or, if the person is a corporation, an executive officer of the corporation--
(a) is 21 years or more; and
(b) holds a fireworks operator licence or an equivalent authority; and
(c) has held a fireworks operator licence or an equivalent authority for 3 years or more; and
(d) either--
(i) has, within the 2 year period ending on the day the application is made, satisfactorily completed a course of training in organising fireworks displays that is approved by the chief inspector for this section; or
(ii) otherwise demonstrates the skill and knowledge required to organise fireworks displays to a standard necessary for the safety and health of persons; and
(e) is, in all the circumstances, an appropriate person for the issue of a fireworks contractor licence.
(2) For subsection (1)(d)(ii), the chief inspector may require the person to sit a written, oral or practical examination.
(3) In this section--
equivalent authority means--
(a) a shotfirer (fireworks) licence issued under the former regulation; or
(b) a licence issued by another State authorising the person to use fireworks.