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Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
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252 Director to advise Police Commissioner etc.
(1) If the Director receives an application for a licence under
section 251, 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, within 28 days of receiving a copy of
an application under subsection (1), must 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 258.
(3) A notice of objection under subsection (2) or (2A) is to state the
reasons for the objection.
(4) References in this section to an applicant's not being a fit and
proper person are, where the applicant is:
(a) a partnership – references to a partner in the partnership; or
(b) a body corporate – references to a director or other person
concerned in the management of the body corporate;
not being a fit and proper person.
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