Poisons Act 1971

Without limiting the matters to which the responsible licensing authority may have regard in deciding whether a natural person is a fit and proper person to hold a licence, the responsible licensing authority may have regard to the following:any conviction of the person for an indictable offence; any civil penalty (however described) imposed upon the person under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; any revocation or suspension of a licence or permit (however described) held by the person under a law of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or another country, being a law relating to the prohibition or regulation of drugs; the connections and associations that the person has with other persons (including but not limited to the person’s relatives); the person’s previous business experience; the capacity of the person to comply with conditions of the licence; whether the person has a sound and stable financial background or is in financial circumstances that may significantly limit the person’s capacity to comply with his or her obligations under a licence; whether the person is of good repute, having regard to matters going to their character, honesty and professional and personal integrity; the person’s history of compliance with this Act.

Subsection (1)(d), (e), (g) and (h) does not apply in relation to a poppy research licence or a poppy grower's licence.