Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts12. Section 12 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are substituted:
“11A. (1) In this section—
‘relevant person' means—
(a) in the case of an application for a licence by an individual—the applicant;
(b) in the case of an application for a licence by a corporation—a director of the corporation.
“(2) Subject to subsection (3), for the purposes of paragraph 10 (1) (kb) or 11 (1) (jb), the identification is 2 of the following items being items in the name currently used by the relevant person:
(a) a licence issued to the relevant person under a law;
(b) a credit card or a debit card issued to the relevant person;
(c) a notice issued by a public utility relating to liability of the relevant person to rates or a service provided by the utility;
(d) a certificate, diploma or testamur issued to the relevant person by a recognised tertiary institution or government education agency;
(e) a certificate of birth or marriage issued by a government agency that relates to the relevant person;
(f) a document equivalent to a document referred to in a preceding paragraph that has been issued in a State, another Territory or a foreign country;
(g) a passport issued to the relevant person including a passport issued by the government of a foreign country.
“(3) The 2 items referred to in subsection (2) must consist of 1 item referred to in 1 paragraph of that subsection and 1 item referred to in another item of that subsection.
“(4) Where the Registrar is satisfied that in all the circumstances (including the availability of items referred to in subsection (2)) it is not reasonably practicable to comply with the requirements of that subsection in respect of a relevant person, the Registrar may accept any other identification for the purposes of paragraph 10 (1) (kb) or 11 (1) (jb) which the Registrar considers to be satisfactory evidence of the identity of that person.
“11B. (1) In this section—
‘relevant person' means—
(a) in the case of an application for a licence by an individual—the applicant;
(b) in the case of an application for a licence by a corporation—a director of the corporation.
“(2) An application under subsection 10 (1) or 11 (1) shall be notified in a daily newspaper circulating in the Territory within 7 days of lodgment.
“(3) A notice referred to in subsection (2) shall also—
(a) include the name of the applicant;
(b) include the full name and present residential address of each relevant person;
(c) indicate the type of licence applied for;
(d) indicate the place where the applicant would carry on business in the event that the licence is granted; and
(e) indicate that any person who objects to the grant of the licence to the applicant should lodge a written objection with the Registrar at the address of the Registrar specified in the notice within 14 days of publication of the notice.
“12. (1) Upon receipt of an application for the grant or renewal of a licence, the Registrar shall forward to the Chief Police Officer the name, address and any former name or address of the applicant known to the Registrar.
“(2) Within 21 days of the receipt of the copy of the application, the Chief Police Officer shall furnish to the Registrar a certificate stating whether, according to the records held by the Chief Police Officer, it appears that the applicant has been charged with, or convicted of, any offence against a law of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State, another Territory or another country.
“(3) The applicant is entitled to inspect a certificate under subsection (2).”.