93Meaning of assessable matters

#### 93 Meaning of assessable matters (1) The assessable matters, in relation to a community store, are the following: (a) whether the community store makes, or will make, available a sufficient quantity and range of safe and good quality food, drink and grocery items to meet the nutritional and related household needs of each Indigenous community it services or may service; (b) the capacity of the manager to promote, and the manager’s promotion of, better nutritional outcomes through methods including, but not limited to: (i) stock placement and store layout; and (ii) nutritional displays and demonstrations; (c) the quality of the retail management practices of the manager in relation to matters including, but not limited to, the following: (i) stock management; (ii) adequacy of stock storage; (iii) stock pricing methodology; (iv) sustainable management of store infrastructure; (v) point of sale management; (vi) the practices of the store in relation to maintaining cleanliness and hygiene; (vii) the practices of the store in relation to ensuring the safety of its customers and employees; (viii) freight arrangements; (d) whether the financial practices of the owner and manager of the community store support the sustainable operation of the store including, but not limited to, in relation to the following: (i) financial accounting practices; (ii) budgeting procedures; (iii) creditor and debtor management; (iv) cash and assets management; (v) procurement practices; (vi) insurance arrangements; (vii) management of employment arrangements; (e) the character of the manager, employees and other persons associated with carrying on the business of the community store, including, but not limited to, whether the manager, employees or other persons have a criminal history; (f) the business structure and governance practices of the community store; (g) the community store’s capacity to participate in, and (if applicable) the community store’s record of compliance with the requirements of, the income management regime; (h) matters relating to food security specified by the Minister under subsection 125(2); (i) any other matter relating to food security that the Secretary considers relevant. (2) For the purpose of considering whether to grant a community store licence to a person, the Secretary may consider the assessable matters as they apply to a community store at the time of the consideration or as the person proposes they will apply in future in relation to a community store. (3) For the purpose of considering whether to revoke, vary or impose conditions upon a community store licence held by a person, the Secretary may consider the assessable matters as they apply to the community store to which the licence relates or will relate at the time of the consideration, or as they are proposed to apply to the store in future. (4) The Secretary may, by written notice given to: (a) an individual who is the manager or an employee of a community store; or (b) another person associated with the carrying on of the business of a community store; request the individual to give to the Secretary any written consent that the Secretary requires to enable criminal records to be checked for the purposes of this Part. (5) This section does not affect the operation of Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914 (which includes provisions that, in certain circumstances, relieve persons from the requirement to disclose spent convictions and require persons aware of such convictions to disregard them).