Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SEA INSTALLATIONS ACT 1987 - SECT 18

             (1)  A permit to operate a sea installation shall only be granted to:

                     (a)  where there is no operator of the installation--the owner of the installation; or

                     (b)  where there is an operator of the installation--the owner and the operator as the holders in common of the permit.

             (2)  The Minister shall not grant a permit to operate a sea installation to a person unless the Minister is satisfied that the person is a fit and proper person to be granted that permit.

             (3)  Without limiting, by implication, the generality of the matters which the Minister may take into account in determining whether a person is a fit and proper person for the purposes of subsection (2), the Minister shall have regard to:

                     (a)  any conviction of the person for an offence against this Act or against the regulations committed within the 10 years immediately preceding the making of the application;

                     (b)  any conviction of the person for an offence under a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory that is punishable by imprisonment for a period of one year or longer, being an offence committed within the 10 years immediately preceding the making of the application;

                     (c)  whether the person is an undischarged bankrupt;

                     (d)  any misleading statement made in the application by or in relation to the person; and

                     (e)  where any statement by the person in the application was false--whether the person knew that the statement was false.