LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 63

LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 63

63—Applicant for transfer must be fit and proper person

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

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

            (b)         where 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 to which the application relates.

        (2)         If a person referred to in subsection (1) 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 transfer the licence and impose a condition of the licence that the person undertake specified accredited training within a specified time after the transfer of the licence.

        (3)         A club licence or a short term licence is not transferable.