160Making a complaint

160 Making a complaint (1) A person may make a complaint against a licensee on any of the following grounds: (a) the licensee contravened a condition of the licence or (b) the licensee or the licensee's employee contravened another provision of this Act or the regulations, whether or not it constitutes an offence; (c) the licensee or the licensee's employee contravened another law of the Territory that regulates: (i) the sale, supply, service or consumption of liquor; or (ii) the location, construction or facilities of licensed (d) the licensee or, if the licensee is a body corporate, an executive officer of the body corporate, was found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be guilty of an offence against a law of the Territory that is punishable by imprisonment for 5 years or more; (e) the licensee contravened a provision of an enforceable

Liquor Act 2019 88 (f) the licensee contravened a direction given to the licensee under this Act; (g) the licensee's licensed premises are no longer being used: (i) for the sale, supply, service or consumption of liquor; or (ii) in compliance with the licence and authority; (h) the licensee is not a fit and proper person to hold the licence; (i) the licensee's nominee is not a fit and proper person and the licensee should reasonably know that; (j) an employee of the licensee is not a fit and proper person to be an employee of the licensee and the licensee should reasonably know that; (k) the licensee obtained the licence by fraud or misrepresentation; (l) the licensee holds the licence for the benefit, directly or indirectly, of a person to whom the licence would not have been issued; (m) the licensed premises were used in a way that caused: (i) disorderly conduct on or in the premises or in the vicinity of the premises; or (ii) annoyance or disturbance to persons residing, working or conducting a business in the vicinity of the premises; (n) the licensee is no longer eligible to hold the licence. (2) The complaint must: (a) be made in the approved form; and (b) specify the ground for the complaint; and (c) be signed by the complainant; and (d) be lodged with the Director. (3) A complaint may be made and investigated at any time but, if the licence expired or was cancelled, the complaint must be made within 6 months after the latest occurrence of a matter that forms a ground for the complaint.

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