Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) The chief executive may make investigations about any of the following people to help the chief executive decide whether an applicant or licensee is a suitable person to hold a licence:
(a) the applicant or licensee;
(b) if the applicant or licensee is a corporation—the corporation's executive officers;
(c) a person stated by the applicant or licensee to be a close associate of the applicant or licensee.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the chief executive may ask the chief police officer for a written report (a criminal history report ) about the criminal history of any of the people.
(3) For subsection (2), the chief executive must give the chief police officer any particulars the chief executive tells the chief police officer are relevant for each application for a licence or renewal of a licence.
(4) On receiving particulars of the application, the chief police officer—
(a) must make inquiries about the applicant's criminal history; and
(b) must make any other inquiries about the applicant the chief police officer considers appropriate.
(5) As soon as practicable after considering the applicant's suitability to hold a licence, the chief executive must destroy any criminal history report given to the chief executive in relation to the application.