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Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
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134 Objections to application
(1) On receiving an application for a licence, the Director must send a
copy of it to the Commissioner of Police, together with copies of any
accompanying documents other than statements relating to the
material and financial resources of the applicant.
(2) The Commissioner of Police shall, within 28 days of receiving a
copy of an application pursuant to subsection (1)(a), lodge with the
Director a notice in writing which either supports the application or
objects to the grant of a licence on the grounds that the applicant
may not be a fit and proper person.
(2A) A person may, by notice in writing lodged with the Director, object
to the granting of a licence on any of the grounds specified in
section 136(1) or 137(1).
(3) A notice of objection under subsection (2) or (2A) must state the
reasons for the objection.
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(4) References in this section to an applicant's not being a fit and
proper person are, where the applicant is a body corporate,
references to any director or other person concerned in the
management of the body corporate not being a fit and proper
person.