LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 56

LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 56

56—Applicant to be fit and proper person

        (1)         An applicant for a licence must satisfy the licensing authority—

            (a)         that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold the licence; and

            (b)         if the applicant is a trust or corporate entity—that each person who occupies a position of authority in the entity is a fit and proper person to occupy such a position in an entity holding a licence of the class sought in the application.

        (1a)         Subsection (1) does not apply to an applicant for a club licence if the applicant informs the licensing authority of each member of the committee of management of the club and provides the information required by the licensing authority (in a form approved by the licensing authority) about each member.

        (1b)         If the licensing authority considers that a member of the committee of management of a club to which subsection (1a) applies is not a fit and proper person to be in a position of authority in the club, the licensing authority—

            (a)         must notify the applicant as soon as is reasonably practicable that the person must be removed from the committee of management; and

            (b)         may grant the licence on the condition that the club will immediately take action to have the person removed from the committee of management.

        (2)         If a person referred to in subsection (1) or a member of the committee of management of a club to which subsection (1a) applies is to supervise or manage, or be actively involved in the supervision or management of, the business conducted under the licence but does not have the appropriate knowledge, experience and skills for that purpose, the licensing authority may nevertheless grant the licence on the condition that the person undertake specified training within a specified time after the grant of the licence.