Liquor Act 1992

In deciding whether an applicant for an adult entertainment permit is a suitable person to provide adult entertainment, the commissioner must consider all relevant matters including the following—

the applicant’s reputation, having regard to character, honesty and integrity;

whether the applicant has been convicted of—

an indictable offence; or

a prescribed offence;

whether the applicant is an associate of a person who has been convicted of—

an indictable offence; or

a prescribed offence;

whether the applicant is an associate of a corporation, an executive officer of which has been convicted of—

an indictable offence; or

a prescribed offence;

whether the applicant has been charged with any offence of a sexual nature that involves violence, intimidation, threats or children, including the circumstances surrounding the laying of the charge and whether proceedings in relation to the charge are continuing or have been discontinued;

whether the applicant’s business structure is sufficiently transparent to enable all associates of the applicant, whether individuals or bodies corporate, to be readily identified;

whether the applicant has the ability to control the noise and behaviour of the number of persons that could reasonably be expected to be on and in the vicinity of the premises if the permit were granted;

whether the applicant is a disqualified person;

if the applicant or an associate of the applicant is, or has been, the subject of a control order or registered corresponding control order—the terms of the order;

any other matters prescribed under a regulation.

For subsection (1)(e), it does not matter whether the offence is alleged to have been committed in Queensland or elsewhere.

For subsection (1), the commissioner may not have regard to criminal intelligence in deciding whether a person is, or continues to be, a suitable person to hold an adult entertainment permit under this Act.