Refusal of certain applications
34 Refusal of certain applications
Subsection (2) applies to an application for —
the grant or removal of a licence; or
approval of the transfer of a licence; or
approval of a person —
as an approved unrestricted manager or an approved restricted manager; or
as a trustee; or
as the occupant of a position of authority in a body corporate that holds a licence.
The Director must refuse the application if it is made —
by a person who —
[(i) deleted]
by reason of mental disorder, is incapable of managing his or her affairs; or
is, or under any written law is taken to be, under sentence of imprisonment; or
being a body corporate, is a Chapter 5 body corporate within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; or
is disqualified from holding a licence, or holds a licence which is suspended, pursuant to an order made in disciplinary proceedings under this Act;
or
by a juvenile; or
by a person who —
holds office or is employed in the Public Service of the State or of the Commonwealth, or in any agency or instrumentality of the Crown; or
is a sheriff’s officer, bailiff or other person employed or authorised to execute any legal process,
unless the Director is satisfied that there is no conflict of interest between the applicant’s employment and the operation of the licence.
Subsection (4) applies to an application for —
the grant or removal of a licence; or
approval of the transfer of a licence; or
approval of a person —
as a trustee; or
as the occupant of a position of authority in a body corporate that holds a licence.
The Director must refuse the application if it is made by a person who is, according to the Interpretation Act 1984 section 13D, a bankrupt or a person whose affairs are under insolvency laws.
[Section 34 amended: No. 12 of 1998 s. 21 and 97(1); No. 10 of 2001 s. 220; No. 18 of 2009 s. 51; No. 56 of 2010 s. 7 and 25; No. 9 of 2018 s. 15; No. 44 of 2022 s. 10; No. 14 of 2025 s. 8(2); No. 20 of 2025 s. 67 and 124(1).]
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