New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEMP INDUSTRY ACT 2008 - SECT 9

9 Suitability of applicant and close associates of applicant

(1) This section applies in relation to a close associate of an applicant for a licence only if the Director-General is satisfied that the close associate is likely to be concerned in, or associated with, the cultivation or supply of low-THC hemp under the licence.

(2) The Director-General must not grant a licence to a person unless satisfied that the person, and each close associate of the person, is a suitable person to be concerned in or associated with the cultivation or supply of low-THC hemp under a licence.

(3) In particular, the Director-General is to consider whether the person, and each close associate of the person, is of good repute, having regard to the person’s or close associate’s (as the case requires) character, honesty and integrity.

(4) The Director-General must not grant a licence to a person if the person, or a close associate of the person, has been found guilty of a drug related offence.

(5) The Director-General may refuse to grant a licence to a person:

(a) if the person, or a close associate of the person, has been found guilty of an offence that, in the opinion of the Director-General, makes the person or close associate unsuitable to be concerned in or associated with the cultivation or supply of low-THC hemp under a licence, or

(b) on such other grounds the Director-General considers appropriate.

(6) The regulations may make further provision for the circumstances in which the Director-General may refuse, or is required to refuse, to grant a licence to a person.