82Suitability of corporations for licences

82 Suitability of corporations for licences (1) For this Act, a corporation is a suitable person for a licence if— (a) each influential person of the corporation is a suitable person to hold a licence; and (b) the corporation is not the subject of a winding-up order, and has not been the subject of a winding-up order in the 5-year period before the day the application for the licence is made; and (c) an administrator has not been appointed for the corporation in the 5-year period before the day the application for the licence is made. (2) However, if a corporation is not a suitable person for a licence under subsection (1), the chief health officer may decide that the corporation is a suitable person to hold a licence if satisfied that— (a) the corporation’s dealings with regulated substances or regulated therapeutic goods authorised, or to be authorised, by the licence would not be inconsistent with the objects of this Act if the chief health officer decided that the corporation is a suitable person; and

(b) it is otherwise in the public interest that the corporation be treated as a suitable person.