Recognition of interstate or NZ gas licences

Automatic mutual recognition (AMR)

The Queensland Government is not currently participating in the AMR scheme.

You must hold a Queensland gas work licence or Queensland gas work authorisation before you can do any gas work in Queensland, regardless of whether the work is residential, commercial or industrial.

Find out more about automatic mutual recognition.

If you hold an authority to carry out gas work in another Australian state or territory, or New Zealand, you may be eligible to apply under mutual recognition for an equivalent gas work licence or authorisation in Queensland.

If approved, any limits or conditions on your authority (e.g. type A only, LPG only, NG only, interim) will be applied to the equivalent Queensland gas work licence or authorisation.

Apply

Your application must be submitted via the RSHQ Portal (the Portal). The Portal is Resources Safety and Health Queensland's (RSHQ) online regulatory system for licensing and compliance activities.

    1. Go to the Portal to create a new account.
    2. Enter the email address you want associated with your Portal account and click on Send verification code. You'll receive an email with a 6-digit code from 'Queensland Government (ITP Managed) account email verification code'. If you don't see the email, check your Spam or Junk folders. Note that the code expires after several minutes.
    3. Enter the 6-digit code on the Portal account creation page and click on Verify code.
    4. At this point you can Continue to use the same email, or Change email for future log ins.
    5. Create a password for your account, confirm it and then enter your name where indicated. Click on Create.
    6. As this is your first time logging in, you'll receive another email with a code to verify your email account—follow the same process as above to finalise the log in.
    7. On the terms and conditions page you must select the I agree checkbox.
    8. On the profile page, click on Your name in the top right corner of the screen and select Identify verification to proceed. You require an identity strength of 'Standard' to access your Portal activities. You can select 'online verification' or 'manual/non-digital'—learn more about these options.

    You can access support materials from the help & support menu on the Portal home page. You do not need to be logged in to access these materials.

After you have created your Portal account and completed the identity verification, you can apply. You will need to provide a:

Create an RHSQ Portal account and apply

What happens next

We aim to assess your application within 10 business days of submitting your fully completed application.

During this period, you are 'deemed' to be registered in Queensland and can work under your current interstate or New Zealand licence (subject to any limits or conditions).

If your application is refused, you will need to stop work in Queensland within 2 weeks of being notified. You can finish any gas work that was in progress at the time of notification, but cannot start any new work.

Gas certificates, plates and notices

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Removing interstate or New Zealand conditions

After receiving your equivalent licence, you can apply to remove any limits of conditions provided you comply with Queensland gas work licence and authorisation requirements.

Once you have met the relevant requirements, you will need to amend your licence or authorisation issued under mutual recognition by applying to upgrade from within your Portal account. Fees apply.