Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2003

A person is not a suitable person to hold a licence if the person, or an associate of the person—

is an individual under 18 years; or

is an insolvent under administration; or

has been convicted of a disqualifying offence within the last 5 years; or

is a corporation that is a Chapter 5 body corporate under the Corporations Act; or

is subject to a relevant control order.

Without limiting subsection (1), a person is not a suitable person to hold a licence if the chief executive decides the person is not suitable because the person, or an associate of the person—

is subject to a control order or registered corresponding control order, other than a relevant control order; or

has been convicted of an offence against—

the Peace and Good Behaviour Act 1982, section 32, 54 or 75; or

the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161ZI.

The chief executive, when deciding whether a person is a suitable person to hold a licence, may not have regard to criminal intelligence given by the commissioner of the police service to the chief executive under section 111.

A person who is not a suitable person may not hold a licence.