Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The grant, amendment or renewal of a licence may be applied for, and granted or refused, as prescribed by regulation.
(2) A regulation may make provision for licences to be granted, amended or renewed—
(a) by the chief executive or general manager; or
(b) by an entity accredited, under the regulation, by the chief executive or general manager.
(3) Also, a regulation may provide for either the chief executive or the general manager—
(a) to conduct examinations, or to approve an entity to conduct examinations, to establish whether a person meets a requirement under a regulation; or
(b) to approve an entity to conduct training programs about the operation of ships.
(4) Without limiting subsection (2), a regulation may provide for the following—
(a) a marine licence indicator to be in the form approved by the chief executive or general manager, including a card on which information may be stored electronically;
(b) a PIN to be used by the holder of a smartcard marine licence indicator as a security measure to protect information stored electronically on the smartcard marine licence indicator.