Omnibus Bill: Pet Licensing Payments, Waste Facility Records, and Professional Licensing
Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Introduced by: Tara Cheyne (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
People must surrender a domestic animal certificate or licence within 7 days of a written notice if their credit card payment was not honoured; failure to do so is a criminal offence.
People whose credit card payments for domestic animal fees fail must pay the original amount plus any charges the Territory incurred.
The registrar can suspend the benefit of a domestic animal licence until failed payments are settled.
Licensed agents must keep records at their main place of business or in an immediately accessible electronic form; an electronic record is considered not kept if it is lost without a backup.
The Architects Board can require a complainant to provide more information about a complaint.
Security industry licensees can surrender their licence by giving written notice and the licence to the commissioner for fair trading.
Waste managers must make registers of waste facility licences and waste transporters available to authorised persons for free; they must also make specific information available to the public.
Waste facility licence applicants must provide their registered business name and any trading names.
The Architects Board can ask a person making a complaint to provide more information about it.
People who pay for a pet certificate or licence by card must return it within 7 days if the payment fails and they are asked to do so. Failing to return it carries a fine of up to 5 penalty units.
People who pay for a pet certificate or licence by card must pay any charges the Territory incurs if the payment fails. The registrar can also suspend the licence or certificate until the money is paid.
Licensed agents must keep their records at their main place of business, in an electronic form they can access immediately at that office, or in another way agreed with the commissioner for fair trading.
Security industry licensees can cancel their licence by giving written notice and the licence to the commissioner for fair trading.
The waste manager must provide the register of waste facility licences and waste transporters to allowed people for free. They must also make public waste information available via a government office, a website, or by providing a copy on request.
People applying for waste facility licences or waste transporter registrations must provide their registered business name and any trading names they use.
Waste facility licensees must provide the register with their contact details, business information, land details, and the types of waste they handle.