After section 8--
insert--
'(1) The chief executive may require an applicant or licensee to pay the reasonable, but no more than actual, costs of obtaining a report under section 8 about--
(a) the applicant or licensee; or
(b) an associate of the applicant or licensee.
'(2) The chief executive must refund to an applicant an amount paid under the requirement if--
(a) the chief executive refuses the application without asking for the report; or
(b) the applicant withdraws the application before the chief executive asks for the report.
'(3) In this section--
applicant includes proposed applicant.'.