Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts28. Assessment of applications
(1) The Commission must conduct or cause to be conducted the investigations it considers necessary to enable it to make a proper assessment of an application for a licence.
(2) The Commission must consider an application for a licence, the accompanying affidavit made under section 26A and the results of investigations conducted in relation to the application and make an assessment of the following matters:
(a) the suitability of the premises in respect of which the application is made, having regard to any law of the Territory which regulates in any manner the sale or consumption of liquor or the location, construction or facilities of premises which are used for that purpose;
(b) if the applicant is a natural person - the financial stability, general reputation and character of the applicant;
(c) if the applicant is a body corporate - the business reputation and financial stability of the body corporate and the general reputation and character of the secretary and executive officers of the body corporate;
(d) if the applicant is a federation of clubs - the business reputation and financial stability of each constituent club and the general reputation and character of the secretary and executive officers of each constituent club;
(e) whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a licence;
(f) if a person is referred to in the affidavit under section 26A - whether that person is a fit and proper person to be an associate of a licensee;
(g) if the Commission considers it appropriate - whether any other associate of the applicant is a fit and proper person to be an associate of a licensee;
(h) if the applicant has nominated a person under section 25(2) to be its manager - whether that person is a fit and proper person to be the manager.
(3) In assessing whether an applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a licence, the Commission must have regard to any matters prescribed by the Regulations relevant to that assessment.
(4) The Commission may require an applicant, a nominee manager of the applicant or an associate of the applicant to provide the Commission with the additional information or material that the Commission considers necessary to make a proper assessment of the application.