Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The licensing committee may take any of the following disciplinary actions against the holder of an electrical licence issued by the chief executive—
(a) cancel or amend the licence;
(b) suspend the licence—
(i) for a period decided by the committee; or
(ii) until conditions decided by the committee are complied with;
Example of condition—
a condition that the licence holder satisfactorily finish a stated training course or examination
(ba) if the licence is an electrical work licence, disqualify the holder from being a qualified technical person for the holder of an electrical contractor licence—
(i) for a period decided by the committee; or
(ii) until conditions decided by the committee are complied with; or
(bb) disqualify the holder from holding an electrical contractor licence, electrical work licence, or both—
(i) for a period decided by the committee; or
(ii) until conditions decided by the committee are complied with; or
Example of condition—
a condition that the licence holder satisfactorily finish a stated training course or examination
(c) reprimand or caution the holder;
(d) if the electrical licence is an electrical contractor licence, require the holder to correct a fault or defect in electrical work within the time and in the way stated by the committee;
(e) impose on the holder a penalty of not more than 40 penalty units.
(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that when acting under subsection (1) the licensing committee may take more than 1 type of disciplinary action against the holder.
Example—
The licensing committee may cancel the electrical contractor licence held by a person as well as impose a penalty of 10 penalty units on the person.
(3) If the electrical licence was issued by the chief executive and is suspended because of disciplinary action, the licence—
(a) can not be renewed while it is still suspended; and
(b) if it expires while it is still suspended, can not be reinstated while it is still suspended.
(4) If the holder is disqualified from holding an electrical licence because of disciplinary action—
(a) an electrical licence held or previously held by the person can not be renewed or reinstated while the disqualification applies; and
(b) the person can not be issued another electrical licence while the disqualification applies.
(5) In this section—
qualified technical person has the meaning given by a regulation.