Queensland Consolidated Acts

WEAPONS ACT 1990 - SECT 27B

27B Notice of intention to revoke because dealer’s associate is not fit and proper

(1) This section applies if an authorised officer is satisfied that an associate of a licensed dealer is not a fit and proper person to be an associate of a licensed dealer.

(2) Before revoking the licensed dealer’s licence, the authorised officer must give the dealer a notice stating that the authorised officer—

(a) is satisfied that a named associate of the dealer is not a fit and proper person to be an associate of a licensed dealer; and

(b) intends to give the dealer a revocation notice under section 29 unless the dealer discontinues the dealer’s association with the associate within a stated reasonable time.

(3) In deciding what is a reasonable time, regard is to be had to the following—

(a) the extent of the associate’s relevant financial interest in the dealer’s business;

(b) any relevant power the associate may exercise in the dealer’s business;

(c) any relevant position the associate holds in the dealer’s business;

(d) the public interest.