179Eligibility for registration

179 Eligibility for registration

A person is not eligible to be registered under this Part if—

(a) in the case of a natural person, the person is under 18 years of age; or

S. 179(b) amended by No. 13/2019 s. 221(Sch. 1 item 34).

(b) the person or, if the person is a corporation, a director of the corporation, is a represented person within the meaning of the Guardianship and Administration Act 2019; or

S. 179(c) amended by Nos 4/2021 s. 74(1), 46/2025 s. 31(2).

(c) the person, or if the person is a corporation, a director of the corporation, is an insolvent under administration or an externally administered body corporate; or

S. 179(d) inserted by No. 4/2021 s. 74(2).

(d) the person, or if the person is a corporation, a director of the corporation has, within the last 10 years, been convicted or found guilty of—

(i) an offence involving fraud, dishonesty, drug cultivation or trafficking that was punishable by a term of imprisonment for 3 months or more at the time of the conviction or finding of guilt; or

(ii) an offence involving sexual slavery or servitude that was punishable by a term of imprisonment for 3 months or more at the time of the conviction or finding of guilt; or

(iii) an offence involving child pornography or violence that was punishable by a term of imprisonment for 3 months or more at the time of the conviction or finding of guilt; or

(iv) a sexual offence or an offence connected with sex work that was punishable by a term of imprisonment for 3 months or more at the time of the conviction or finding of guilt; or

(v) an offence that, if committed in Victoria, would constitute an offence referred to in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv).

Despite this paragraph, a person to whom this paragraph applies may be granted permission to be registered under this Part if the Business Licensing Authority is satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest to do so. See section 182A.