Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Dangerous Goods (HCDG) Regulations 2005 - SECT 302

Issue of permits

302. Issue of permits



(1) The Authority may issue a permit to an applicant if-

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

   (b)  a search of any other known information concerning the applicant has
        been made and the Authority is satisfied that the applicant 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; and

   (c)  the Authority is satisfied that the applicant is a suitable person to
        hold a permit.

(2) A permit only authorises the person to whom it is issued to have
unsupervised access to HCDG if that person is nominated as an authorised
person in the security plan of a person who holds an HCDG licence.

(3) A permit authorises the person to whom it is issued to undertake any
activity authorised by the HCDG licence and set out in the relevant security
plan including access to HCDG-

   (a)  at a secure store or a secure site; or

   (b)  in the course of the transport of HCDG; or

   (c)  in the course of the use, handling or disposal of HCDG.

(4) A permit continues in operation for the term of no more than 5 years
specified in the permit and subject to any condition, limitation or
restriction specified in the permit.

(5) Nothing in this regulation 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 2000.