Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

SECURITY INDUSTRY AMENDMENT ACT 2011 (NO. 37 OF 2011) - SECT 10

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    (1A)     Also, the commissioner for fair trading must not issue or vary a licence if—

        (a)     within the 10 years before the day the application is made, the applicant has been convicted of 1 or more of the offences mentioned in subsection (1B), in the ACT or elsewhere; or

        (b)     within the 5 years before the day the application is made, the applicant has been found guilty (but not convicted) of 1 or more of the offences mentioned in subsection (1B), in the ACT or elsewhere.

    (1B)     The offences are as follows:

        (a)     if the stated circumstances apply—an offence involving assault, violence against a person, dishonesty or theft;

        (b)     if the stated circumstances apply—an offence relating to the possession, storage or use of a firearm or other weapon;

        (c)     if the stated circumstances apply—an offence, other than for possession, involving a controlled drug, controlled plant or controlled precursor within the meaning of the Criminal Code 2002 ;

        (d)     an offence involving robbery;

        (e)     an offence against the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cwlth), schedule, part 5.3 (Terrorism);

        (f)     an offence committed outside the ACT involving terrorism that is an offence against a law of the place where the offence is committed.