Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive may investigate a primary licensee to help the Minister decide whether the person is a suitable person to hold, or to continue to hold, a primary licence of the relevant type.
(2) The chief executive may investigate a business or executive associate of a primary licensee to help the Minister to decide whether the person is, or continues to be, a suitable person to be associated with the operations of the holder of a primary licence of the relevant type.
(3) However, the chief executive may investigate a primary licensee only if--
(a) the Minister reasonably suspects the primary licensee is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to hold a primary licence of the relevant type; or
(b) the investigation is made under an audit program for primary licensees approved by the Minister.
(4) Also, the chief executive may investigate a business or executive associate of a primary licensee only if--
(a) the Minister reasonably suspects the person is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to be associated with the operations of the holder of a primary licence of the relevant type; or
(b) the investigation is made under an audit program for business and executive associates of primary licensees approved by the Minister; or
(c) the person--
(i) became a business or executive associate of the primary licensee after the issue of the primary licence; and
(ii) has not been investigated previously under an audit program mentioned in paragraph (b); or
(d) the person--
(i) was a business or executive associate of the primary licensee when the primary licence was issued; and
(ii) has not been investigated under section 14(2).