WEAPONS ACT 1990 - SECT 10C
Fit and proper person—licensed dealer’s associate
WEAPONS ACT 1990 - SECT 10C
Fit and proper person—licensed dealer’s associate
10C Fit and proper person—licensed dealer’s associate
(1) In deciding or considering, for the issue, renewal, suspension or
revocation of a dealer’s licence, whether an associate of an applicant for a
dealer’s licence or a licensed dealer is, or is no longer, a fit and proper
person to be an associate of a licensed dealer, an authorised officer may
consider any criminal intelligence or other information to which the
authorised officer has access that indicates—
(a) the associate is a risk to
public safety; or
(b) any relationship involving weapons between the
associate and the applicant or licensed dealer would be contrary to the public
interest.
(2) A person is not a fit and proper person to be an associate of a
licensed dealer if the person is a prohibited person or the authorised officer
is satisfied that any relationship involving weapons between the person and a
licensed dealer would be contrary to the public interest because—
(a) the
person, in Queensland or elsewhere within the relevant period, has been
convicted of, or discharged from custody on sentence after the person has been
convicted of, any of the following offences—
(i) an offence relating to the
misuse of drugs;
(ii) an offence involving the use or threatened use of
violence;
(iii) an offence involving the use, carriage, discharge or
possession of a weapon; or
(b) a domestic violence order, other than a
temporary protection order, has been made against the person.
(3) In this
section—
"relevant period" means—
(a) for the issue or renewal of a dealer’s
licence—the 5 year period immediately before the day the applicant for a
dealer’s licence or the licensed dealer applies for the issue or renewal of
the licence; or
(b) for the suspension or revocation of a dealer’s
licence—the 5 year period immediately before the date of the suspension
notice under section 28, or a revocation notice under section 29, is given
for that suspension or revocation.
