Liquor Act 2010
71Commissioner may require police certificate or
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71 Commissioner may require police certificate or information for person etc whether a person is a suitable person to hold a licence or permit. (2) The commissioner may, by written notice given to the person (a personal information notice), require the person to give the commissioner 1 or more of the following not later than a stated reasonable time: (a) a police certificate for 1 or more of the following people, dated not earlier than 3 months before the date of the personal information notice: (i) the person; (ii) a close associate of the person; (iii) if the person is a corporation—an influential person for the person;
(iv) if someone other than the proposed licensee is to have licence and the decision relates to suitability for a licence— each person who is to have day-to-day control; (b) other stated information about the person; (c) a police certificate or other stated information about anyone else the commissioner suspects on reasonable grounds is in a position to exercise significant influence over the conduct of the Examples—par (c) 1 domestic partner, parent, child or sibling of, or a member of the same household as the person 2 close friend of the person 3 someone else who has regular contact with the related person (3) A personal information notice must also tell the person that giving false or misleading information is an offence against the Criminal Code, section 338 (Giving false or misleading information).