LIQUOR ACT 2007 - SECT 63
Grant of application for endorsement of licence following death etc of licensee
LIQUOR ACT 2007 - SECT 63
Grant of application for endorsement of licence following death etc of licensee
63 Grant of application for endorsement of licence following death etc of
licensee
(1) The Authority may grant an application under section 62 if the Authority
is satisfied that the person whose name the applicant seeks to have endorsed
on the licence is a fit and proper person to carry on the business to which
the application relates.
(1A) Without limiting subsection (1), in determining
whether a person is a fit and proper person to carry on the business to which
the application relates the Authority is to consider whether the person--
(a)
is of good repute, having regard to character, honesty and integrity, and
(b)
is competent to carry on that business.
(2) In deciding whether or not to
grant an application under section 62, the Authority is to take into
consideration any submissions made by the Secretary or the Commissioner of
Police in relation to the application.
(3) If, following the death of a
licensee, the Authority is so satisfied in relation to more than one such
person, the Authority may grant the application of such one of them as the
Authority thinks fit.
(4) The granting of an application under section 62
takes effect with respect to a licence when the Authority endorses the licence
accordingly.
(5) A person whose name is endorsed on a licence under
subsection (4) is, while the endorsement has effect, taken to be the licensee.
(a) an application under
section 62 for endorsement of the licence is not made within the period
required by section 62(3), or
(b) such an application is made within that
period but the application is refused by the Authority,
the licence is
suspended until such time as the licence is transferred to another person.
(6) Subject to section 64(4), an endorsement under this section has effect for
the period specified by the Authority. Any such specified period may, before
the period expires, be extended by the Authority on application by the person
who is taken to be the licensee.