sec.37Consideration of application

### sec.37 Consideration of application Upon receipt of an application and compliance by the applicant with the provisions of this part in relation thereto, the chief executive shall— initiate and have followed through such investigatory procedures as the chief executive considers necessary in relation to the applicant and the applicant’s application; and consider the application and materials and matters accompanying it together with the results of investigations made in connection therewith and make an assessment of— the integrity, responsibility, personal background and financial stability of the applicant; and the general reputation of the applicant having regard to character, honesty and integrity; and the suitability of the applicant to perform the type of work proposed to be performed by the applicant as a licensee. In a case to which section 35 (1A) is applicable, the chief executive shall await the receipt of the supporting certificate within the required time before deciding the application. If, for an investigation about the applicant under this section, the chief executive asks the police commissioner for a written report about the applicant’s criminal history, the commissioner must give the report to the chief executive. However, the report is required to contain only criminal history in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access. s 37 amd 1995 No. 6 s 2 sch ; 1997 No. 57 s 11 ; 2002 No. 43 ss 7 , 112 sch 2 ; 2022 No. 23 s 12 ; 2024 No. 10 s 12 (sec.37-ssec.1) Upon receipt of an application and compliance by the applicant with the provisions of this part in relation thereto, the chief executive shall— initiate and have followed through such investigatory procedures as the chief executive considers necessary in relation to the applicant and the applicant’s application; and consider the application and materials and matters accompanying it together with the results of investigations made in connection therewith and make an assessment of— the integrity, responsibility, personal background and financial stability of the applicant; and the general reputation of the applicant having regard to character, honesty and integrity; and the suitability of the applicant to perform the type of work proposed to be performed by the applicant as a licensee. (sec.37-ssec.2) In a case to which section 35 (1A) is applicable, the chief executive shall await the receipt of the supporting certificate within the required time before deciding the application. (sec.37-ssec.3) If, for an investigation about the applicant under this section, the chief executive asks the police commissioner for a written report about the applicant’s criminal history, the commissioner must give the report to the chief executive. (sec.37-ssec.4) However, the report is required to contain only criminal history in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access. - (a) initiate and have followed through such investigatory procedures as the chief executive considers necessary in relation to the applicant and the applicant’s application; and - (b) consider the application and materials and matters accompanying it together with the results of investigations made in connection therewith and make an assessment of— (i) the integrity, responsibility, personal background and financial stability of the applicant; and (ii) the general reputation of the applicant having regard to character, honesty and integrity; and (iii) the suitability of the applicant to perform the type of work proposed to be performed by the applicant as a licensee. - (i) the integrity, responsibility, personal background and financial stability of the applicant; and - (ii) the general reputation of the applicant having regard to character, honesty and integrity; and - (iii) the suitability of the applicant to perform the type of work proposed to be performed by the applicant as a licensee. - (i) the integrity, responsibility, personal background and financial stability of the applicant; and - (ii) the general reputation of the applicant having regard to character, honesty and integrity; and - (iii) the suitability of the applicant to perform the type of work proposed to be performed by the applicant as a licensee.