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INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACT 2015 - SECT 4A

Meaning of fit and proper
(1)  The Secretary may take into account the following matters when determining, for the purposes of this Act, if a natural person is a fit and proper person:
(a) any conviction of the person for an indictable offence;
(b) any civil penalty (however described) imposed upon the person under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;
(c) any revocation or suspension of a licence or permit (however described) held by the person under a law of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or another country, being a law relating to the prohibition or regulation of drugs;
(d) the capacity of the person to comply with the conditions of the licence;
(e) the person’s history of compliance with this Act.
(2)  The Secretary may take into account the following matters when determining, for the purposes of this Act, if a body corporate is a fit and proper person:
(a) any conviction of the body corporate for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;
(b) any civil penalty (however described) imposed upon the body corporate under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;
(c) if there is such a conviction or imposition of a civil penalty upon the body corporate –
(i) whether the offence concerned was committed, or the conduct to which the civil penalty relates occurred, at a time when any person who is presently a director or officer of the body corporate was such a director or officer; and
(ii) whether the offence concerned was committed, or the conduct to which the civil penalty relates occurred, at a time when any shareholder of the body corporate who is presently in a position to influence the management of the body corporate was such a shareholder;
(d) any revocation or suspension of a licence or permit (however described) held by the body corporate under a law of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or another country, being a law relating to the prohibition or regulation of drugs;
(e) whether a person who is, or is to be, the responsible officer in relation to the licence is a fit and proper person;
(f) whether –
(i) each director of the body corporate is a fit and proper person; or
(ii) more than 10% of the body corporate is owned by a person who is not a fit and proper person;
(g) the capacity of the body corporate to meet the conditions of the licence;
(h) the body corporate’s history of compliance with this Act.



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