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Narcotic Drugs Act 1967
12HCondition that manufacture licence holder employ or engage suitable staff
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#### 12H Condition that manufacture licence holder employ or engage suitable staff
(1) It is a condition of a manufacture licence that the licence holder take all reasonable steps not to employ or engage a person to carry out activities authorised by the licence if:
(a) the person is aged under 18 years; or
(b) the person has been convicted of a serious offence during the period of 5 years before the employment or engagement; or
(c) the person is taken not to be suitable to carry out activities authorised by a manufacture licence under regulations made for the purposes of subsection (2); or
(d) the person is included in a class of persons prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
(2) The regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person is taken not to be suitable to carry out activities authorised by a manufacture licence, including but not limited to circumstances relating to the following:
(a) a person’s criminal record;
(b) a person’s employment history.