TATTOO INDUSTRY ACT 2013 - SECT 35C
Grounds for refusal to renew
TATTOO INDUSTRY ACT 2013 - SECT 35C
Grounds for refusal to renew
35C Grounds for refusal to renew
(1) Each of the following is a ground to refuse to renew a licence—
(a) the
applicant—
(i) is not a fit and proper person to hold the licence; or
(ii)
has supplied information that was, to the licensee’s knowledge, false or
misleading in a material particular in, or in connection with, the application
for renewal of the licence; or
(iii) has contravened a provision of this Act,
whether or not the licensee has been convicted of an offence for the
contravention; or
(iv) has contravened a condition of the licence to which
the application for renewal relates;
(b) it would be contrary to the public
interest for the licence to be granted;
(c) another ground prescribed by
regulation.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , it is a ground to refuse to
renew an operator licence that a closure order made under section 47is, or
has been, in force in relation to the licensed premises.
(3) For deciding
whether a person continues to be a fit and proper person to hold the licence,
the chief executive may have regard to the matters mentioned in sections 12to
14to which the chief executive may have regard in deciding whether an
applicant for a licence is a fit and proper person to hold a licence.
(4) A
person is not, or is no longer, a fit and proper person to hold a licence if
the person is subject to a relevant control order.
(5) The chief executive
may not have regard to criminal intelligence in deciding whether—
(a) a
person is not, or is no longer, a fit and proper person to hold a licence; or
(b) it would be contrary to the public interest for the licence to be granted.