14Grounds for finding a person not suitable to hold a permit

14 Grounds for finding a person not suitable to hold a permit

14 Grounds for finding a person not suitable to hold a permit

(1) A person is not a suitable person to hold a permit if—

(a) the person is disqualified under this Act from holding the permit, or

(b) the person (including, if the person is a body corporate, a director of the body corporate) is a natural person who is under 18 years of age, or

(c) the person (including, if the person is a body corporate, a director of the body corporate) is not a fit and proper person to hold the permit, or

(d) the person is a mentally incapacitated person, or

(e) the person has not completed any course of training that may be prescribed by the regulations in respect of the particular permit, or

(f) the Secretary is of the opinion that the person is not a suitable person to hold the permit.

(2) The Secretary may form an opinion that a person is not a suitable person to hold a permit in any one or more of the following circumstances—

(a) the person (including, if the person is a body corporate, a director of the body corporate) has, within the previous 10 years, been convicted of a relevant offence,

(b) the person (including, if the person is a body corporate, a director of the body corporate) is an undischarged bankrupt,

(c) the person is a body corporate that is being wound up,

(d) the person has contravened a requirement imposed by or under this Act or any other Act or law prescribed by the regulations,

(e) an equivalent authorisation of the person has been suspended or cancelled (other than at the person’s request) under the law of another Australian jurisdiction,

(f) the person is disqualified (other than on the grounds of not residing in that jurisdiction or on the grounds that the person is a body corporate) from holding an equivalent authorisation under the law of another Australian jurisdiction,

(g) a close associate of the person who would not be a fit and proper person to hold the permit exercises a significant influence over the person or the operation and management of the person’s business,