• Introduction
• Assessment guidelines
• Review of decision
  • Stage 1 - Compliance with legislation
  • Stage 2 - Audit of management systems
• Determining level of achievement
• Reporting of outcomes
• Contact information

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Stage 1 - Compliance with legislation

This criterion represents a first stage assessment and involves a review of records of enforcement activity by the relevant authority. The records of all Bodies Corporate subject of the application will be assessed.

In determining an applicant's compliance with this criterion, the will seek necessary information from all relevant authorities.

The following matters will constitute evidence of non-compliance for the purposes of the assessment:

• Conviction of breach of legislation relating to workplace health and safety in the two years preceding the date of the application. The applicant will be required to provide evidence of action taken to resolve the matters giving rise to such prosecution. This includes prosecution action undertaken by any authority, eg. Police for health or safety related breaches of the Criminal Code or the Department of Natural Resources and Mines for breach of similar provisions of mining and quarrying safety legislation.
• Outstanding Improvement or Prohibition notices or any equivalent direction issued by any relevant authority. In these instances, the applicant will be required to provide evidence of action taken to resolve the issues giving rise to the issue of the notice or direction.
• If the response is not satisfactory to the , a report will be made to Q-COMP accordingly. In these circumstances, the application will not proceed to Stage 2 assessment.

The assessment applies to all applications whether in support of an initial licence for self-insurance or at the time of licence renewal.

Applicants meeting the requirements of the Stage1 assessment are then subject to an evaluation of their management systems for workplace health and safety as per Stage 2 criteria.