(1) The Commission may
submit particulars of, and any information or inquiry as to, an applicant for
an employee’s licence or renewal of an employee’s licence, to the
Commissioner of Police.
(2) The Commissioner
of Police is to cause an investigation to be made, in the State and elsewhere
as the Commissioner of Police thinks fit, as to —
(a) the
suitability of the applicant to hold, or to continue to hold, the licence; and
(b) the
reputation of the applicant; and
(c) the
financial status of the applicant; and
(d) any
known or suspected associates of the applicant giving cause for concern that
that applicant may not be a suitable person to hold a licence.
(3) The Commissioner
of Police is to report to the Commission —
(a) the
result of any investigation made, including any record of the conviction of
the applicant for any offence; and
(b) the
opinion of the Commissioner of Police as to the suitability of the applicant
to hold, or to continue to hold, the licence.