Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts20. Section 40B of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting “the relevant decision maker shall not authorise the transfer of a licence to the former licensee, and”;
(b) by omitting “that person” (first occurring) and substituting “the former licensee”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (b) “that person” and substituting “the former licensee”; and
(d) by adding at the end the following subsections:
“(2) Where the Registrar has reasonable grounds for believing that a former licensee referred to in subsection (1) who applies for the renewal of another licence holds the licence which is sought to be renewed for the purposes of a partnership, a reference in this section to the former licensee is to be read as including a reference to each of the partners who the Registrar has reasonable grounds for believing is concerned in, or takes part in, the management of the partnership's business in relation to the licence sought to be renewed, whether or not the partner's name appears on that licence.
“(3) Where a former licensee referred to in subsection (1) is a body corporate, a reference in this section to the former licensee (including a reference by virtue of subsection (2) to a partner of the former licensee) is to be read as including a reference to a defined influential person in relation to the body.”.