Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An associate of an applicant for a licence or a licensee is a person who is not the applicant or licensee but is, or would be if the licence were granted, renewed or restored, in effective control of the applicant's or licensee's business at a place.
(2) A person who is in effective control of a business, includes a person who—
(a) is regularly or usually in charge of the business; or
(b) regularly directs staff of the business in their duties; or
(c) is in a position to control or influence the business in a substantial way.
(3) If an applicant for a licence or a licensee is a corporation, each executive officer of the corporation is taken to be an associate of the applicant or licensee.