38Grounds for disciplinary action—all licences

38 Grounds for disciplinary action—all licences

38 Grounds for disciplinary action—all licences

(1) The grounds on which disciplinary action may be taken against a licence holder or a former licence holder are as follows—

(a) the person has contravened, or the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is likely to contravene, a provision of this Act or the regulations or of any other Act administered by the Minister,

(b) the person has contravened, or the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is likely to contravene, a condition of the person’s licence,

(c) the person is no longer a fit and proper person to hold a licence,

(d) if the person were not a licence holder, the Secretary would be required by this Act to refuse an application by the person for the licence,

(e) the Secretary considers, in the light of evidence available to the Secretary, that the person is probably receiving or dealing in stolen goods,

(f) the licence may have been improperly obtained or, when it was granted, there may have been grounds for refusing to grant it.

(2) Disciplinary action must not be commenced against a former licence holder more than 5 years after the person last ceased to be a licence holder.

s 38: Am 2023 No 28, Sch 1[27] [28].