TOBACCO AND OTHER SMOKING PRODUCTS ACT 1998 - SECT 17
Who may apply for retail or wholesale licence
TOBACCO AND OTHER SMOKING PRODUCTS ACT 1998 - SECT 17
Who may apply for retail or wholesale licence
(1) The following entities may apply to the chief executive for a retail or
wholesale licence— (a) the owner of a business that proposes to sell smoking
products;
(b) an adult individual, corporation or partnership that proposes
to establish a business that is intended to sell smoking products;
(c) an
adult individual, corporation or partnership that proposes to purchase a
business that sells smoking products.
(2) However, if smoking products are
proposed to be sold at liquor licensed premises— (a) the application must be
for a retail licence (liquor); and
(b) only the liquor licensee for liquor
licensed premises may apply to the chief executive for the licence.
(3) If
the applicant is a partnership, the partners must jointly make the application
under subsection (1) .
(4) In this section—
"owner" , of a business, means the adult individual, corporation or
partnership that owns and controls the business.
