Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Dangerous Goods (HCDG) Regulations 2005 - SECT 205

Requirements to be satisfied before licence can be issued

205. Requirements to be satisfied before licence can be issued



(1) This regulation sets out the prescribed requirements for the purposes of
the following provisions of the Act-

   (a)  section 21A(3)(a)(iii) (prescribed requirements for a natural person
        to hold an HCDG licence);

   (b)  section 21A(3)(b) (prescribed requirements for a person to be a
        director or person concerned in the management of a body corporate
        that holds an HCDG licence);

   (c)  section 21A(3)(c) (prescribed requirements for a person to be
        responsible for the security of HCDG under an HCDG licence);

   (d)  section 21A(3)(e) (other prescribed requirements for an applicant for
        licence).

(2) The prescribed requirements are thatū

   (a)  the applicant-

   (i)  in the case of a natural person, is a resident of Victoria; or

   (ii) in the case of a body corporate, carries on a business in Victoria
        that relates to HCDG; and

   (b)  a security assessment has been received about the person that is not
        an adverse security assessment within the meaning of the
        Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 of the
        Commonwealth; and

   (c)  a search of other known information about the person has been made and
        the Authority is satisfied that the person has not been convicted or
        found guilty of, or has a charge pending for, an offence relating to
        violence, weapons, terrorism, damage to property, illegal drugs or
        dishonesty within the last 10 years that in the opinion of the
        Authority would pose a security risk in relation to that person.

(3) Nothing in these Regulations requires a person to undergo a security
assessment if the person has, under the same name, previously undergone a
security assessment under these Regulations or the Dangerous Goods
(Explosives) Regulations 20001.