Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WINE INDUSTRY REGULATION 2009 - REG 10

10 Conference of interested persons and consideration by chief executive

(1) This section applies to the chief executive when considering an application for a licence.

(2) The chief executive may hold a conference with the interested persons for the application.

(3) If a conference is held and a formal agreement is reached between the interested persons for the application, the chief executive must, in considering the application, have regard to the formal agreement.

(4) If a conference is not held or a conference was held but no agreement was reached, the chief executive must, in considering the application, have regard to—

(a) all submissions objecting to the grant of the application; and

(b) the impact on the amenity of the community concerned.

(5) Evidence of anything said or done during a conference is inadmissible in a proceeding before the Tribunal unless the parties to the conference agree otherwise.

(6) In this section—

"formal agreement" means a written agreement—

(a) signed by interested persons; and

(b) that the chief executive is satisfied is lawful.

"interested person" , for an application, means—

(a) the applicant; or

(b) a person who has properly made a submission objecting to the application.