South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

TRADE MEASUREMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 45

45—Grounds for refusal

        (1)         An application for a licence must be refused if the applicant—

            (a)         is a natural person who has not reached the age of 18 years; or

            (b)         is a person whose licence under this Act or a corresponding law is suspended; or

            (c)         is a person disqualified under this Act or a corresponding law from holding a licence; or

            (d)         is not a person likely to carry on the activities of a licensee honestly and fairly; or

            (e)         is in any other way not a fit and proper person to be a licensee.

        (2)         Without limiting the generality of subsection (1)(e), the licensing authority may, in determining whether the applicant is not a fit and proper person to be a licensee, have regard to whether the applicant or, if the applicant is a body corporate, any person concerned in the management of the applicant—

            (a)         has, during the period of 10 years that preceded the making of the application, been convicted of, or served any part of a term of imprisonment for, an offence in the State or elsewhere involving fraud or dishonesty; or

            (b)         was, when the application was made, the subject of a charge pending in relation to such an offence; or

            (c)         has, at any time, been convicted of an offence against this Act or a corresponding law; or

            (d)         has been refused a licence under a corresponding law.

        (3)         If an application for a licence is refused, the licensing authority must notify the applicant of the grounds for the refusal.