LIQUOR ACT 2010 - SECT 71 Commissioner may require police certificate or information for person
LIQUOR ACT 2010 - SECT 71
Commissioner may require police certificate or information for person etc(1) This section applies if the commissioner is making a decision about whether a person is a suitable person to hold a licence or permit.
(2) The commissioner may, by written notice given to the person (a personal information notice ), require the person to give the commissioner 1 or more of the following not later than a stated reasonable time:
(a) a police certificate for 1 or more of the following people, dated not earlier than 3 months before the date of the personal information notice:
(i) the person;
(ii) a close associate of the person;
(iii) if the person is a corporation—an influential person for the person;
(iv) if someone other than the proposed licensee is to have day-to-day control of the business operated under the licence and the decision relates to suitability for a licence—each person who is to have day-to-day control;
(b) other stated information about the person;
(c) a police certificate or other stated information about anyone else the commissioner suspects on reasonable grounds is in a position to exercise significant influence over the conduct of the person.
Examples—par (c)
1 domestic partner, parent, child or sibling of, or a member of the same household as the person
2 close friend of the person
3 someone else who has regular contact with the related person
(3) A personal information notice must also tell the person that giving false or misleading information is an offence against the Criminal Code
, section 338 (Giving false or misleading information).