After section 29 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Division 5:

29A.     Restriction on granting firearms dealer licence

(1)  The Commissioner must not grant an application for a firearms dealer licence unless the Commissioner is satisfied that –

(a) the applicant will have primary responsibility for the management of the business proposed to be carried on under the licence; and

(b) the applicant's close associates, if any, are fit and proper persons to be close associates of a firearms dealer.

(2)  In deciding whether a person is a fit and proper person to be a close associate of a firearms dealer, the Commissioner may, as regards that person, take into account any of the matters that are to be taken into account under section 29(2) in respect of an applicant for a licence.