Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive may grant an application for a licence or permit only if the chief executive is satisfied that the applicant is not a disqualified person and is a fit and proper person to hold the licence or permit applied for having regard to—
(a) whether the applicant demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the obligations of a licensee or permittee of the relevant kind under this Act; and
(b) whether the applicant is a person of good repute who does not have a history of behaviour that would render the applicant unsuitable to hold the licence or permit applied for; and
(c) whether the applicant demonstrates a responsible attitude to the management and discharge of the applicant's financial obligations.
(2) If the applicant is a corporation, or the chief executive knows, or suspects on reasonable grounds, that the applicant would hold any licence or permit granted on behalf of a partnership, the chief executive must discharge the responsibility under subsection (1) by applying the subsection to—
(a) each person in a position of authority or influence in relation to the corporation; or
(b) each person who is a member of the partnership of whom the chief executive has knowledge;
as if each such person were the applicant.
(4) Subject to section 123, the chief executive may grant an application only if the premises to which it relates are, in the chief executive's opinion, suitable for conduct of business under authority of the licence or permit applied for.
(5) The chief executive may obtain—
(a) a report from the commissioner in relation to the criminal history of—
(i) an applicant for a licence or permit; and
(ii) each person to whom subsection (1) applies as if the person were the applicant; and
(b) if the applicant or person holds or previously held in another State or a Territory a relevant licence, permit, authority, interest or position—a report from the appropriate authority in the State or Territory.
(6) A report under subsection (5)(a) must include reference to or disclosure of convictions mentioned in section 6 of the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986.
(7) In this section—
permit does not include an adult entertainment permit.