Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LIQUOR (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990 (NO. 50 OF 1990) - SECT 34

34. Section 65 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by omitting from subsection (1) all the words from and including “Subject” to and including “unless” and substituting “After conducting a hearing in relation to an application for a permit, the Authority shall direct the Registrar to issue the permit unless the Authority is satisfied on reasonable grounds that”;

        (b)     by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “residing” and substituting “occupying premises”;

    (c)     by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “or” (last occurring);

    (d)     by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following paragraphs:

    “; (d)     the applicant has been convicted of a defined offence, and it would be contrary to the public interest for the application to be granted;

        (e)     if the applicant is a body corporate—paragraph (d) applies to a defined influential person in relation to the body, and it would be contrary to the public interest for the application to be granted; or

        (f)     it would otherwise be contrary to the public interest for the permit to be granted”; and

    (e)     by adding at the end the following subsection:

“(5) Where the Authority has reasonable grounds for believing that an applicant intends to hold the permit for the purposes of a partnership, a reference in subsection (1) to the applicant is to be read as including a reference to each of the partners the Authority has reasonable grounds for believing intends to be concerned in, or to take part in, the management of the partnership's business in relation to which the permit is applied for, whether or not the partner's name appears on the application.”.