Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Subject to
subregulation (2) and regulations 12 and 18, the CEO is to
grant an application made under regulation 4 and issue a licence to the
applicant.
(2) The CEO may refuse
an application made under regulation 4 if —
(a) the
applicant, or where the applicant is a body corporate, an individual concerned
with the control and management of the body corporate, has been convicted of
an offence against the Act, these regulations or any other offence that
relates to the transportation, storage or disposal of a controlled waste;
(b) the
CEO has reasonable grounds to suspect that the applicant, or where the
applicant is a body corporate, an individual concerned with the control and
management of the body corporate, is not of good character and repute and fit
to be involved in the business in respect of which the application is made;
(c) the
applicant’s licence is suspended;
(d) the
applicant, or where the applicant is a body corporate, an individual concerned
with the control and management of the body corporate, has previously been
licensed under these regulations and that licence has been cancelled or
refused renewal;
(e) the
applicant has been refused a licence or a renewal of a licence under a
corresponding law or the applicant’s licence under a corresponding law
has been cancelled, revoked or withdrawn;
(f) the
CEO has reasonable grounds to suspect that the application contains or is
accompanied by information that is false or misleading to a significant
extent; or
(g) the
applicant is already the holder of a licence, or where the applicant is a body
corporate, an individual concerned with the control and management of the body
corporate, is already the holder of a licence or is concerned with the control
and management of a body corporate that is already the holder of a licence.
(3) If the CEO has not
determined an application made under regulation 4 by the end of the
period of 30 days —
(a)
beginning on the day on which the application was made to the CEO; or
(b)
beginning on the day on which information required to be provided under
regulation 4(2) is received by the CEO,
whichever is the
later, he or she is taken to have made a decision to refuse the application on
the last day of that period.