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PAWNBROKERS ACT 1902 - SECT 21

Working out whether person suitable

    (1)     This section applies in working out for this Act whether a person is a suitable person .

    (2)     A person is a suitable person if the person is not disqualified .

    (3)     A person is disqualified if the person or, if the person is a corporation, the corporation or an executive officer of the corporation—

        (a)     has committed—

              (i)     an offence against this Act or a corresponding law of a State or foreign country; or

              (ii)     an offence involving fraud or dishonesty in Australia or a foreign country; or

        (b)     has been refused a licence, or had a licence cancelled or revoked, under this Act or a corresponding law of a State.

    (4)     However, even if a person is disqualified, the Magistrates Court may declare that the person is a suitable person if satisfied that the person is unlikely to be disqualified again.

    (5)     If a person is disqualified after being declared by the Magistrates Court to be a suitable person, the person is no longer a suitable person.



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