Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts16. Inquiries about person's appropriateness to hold licence
(1) The licensing authority shall notify the Commissioner of Police of each inquiry of the licensing authority under this section.
(2) The licensing authority may make inquiries about a person to assist in deciding whether the person -
(a) is an appropriate person within the meaning of section 15 for the grant of the licence, or is a person of bad character; or
(b) continues to be an appropriate person within the meaning of section 15 to hold a licence or have a licence renewed, or is a person of bad character.
(3) As soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a signed authority under section 14(5) in relation to an application for a licence under this Act or an inquiry by the licensing authority under this section, the Commissioner of Police shall give the licensing authority -
(a) a written report of the criminal history of the person who signed the authority or person in relation to whom the inquiry is being held, notwithstanding that part of the criminal history is a spent conviction within the meaning of the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act ; and
(b) such evidence as may assist the licensing authority to determine if the person who signed the authority is of bad character.
(4) Subsection (3)(a) applies to the criminal history -
(a) that is in the Commissioner of Police's possession; or
(b) to which the Commissioner of Police ordinarily has access through arrangements with the police service of the Commonwealth or a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth.