15AAppropriate person to hold permit or licence

15A Appropriate person to hold permit or licence (1) In determining whether to grant or renew a permit or licence, the Minister must be satisfied that the applicant, and any associated entity of the applicant, is an appropriate person to hold a permit or licence under this Act, having regard to the following matters: (a) the applicant or entity's record of compliance with the prescribed legislation, including: (i) whether the applicant or entity has contravened any of the prescribed legislation; and (ii) the seriousness of any contraventions; and (iii) the length of time since the contraventions (if any) occurred; and (iv) any other matter the Minister considers relevant; (b) whether the applicant or entity has held a licence or other authority under the prescribed legislation where that licence or authority has been suspended or revoked; (c) whether in the opinion of the Minister, the action or thing to be authorised by the permit or licence is or will be under the control of a technically competent person; (d) whether in the opinion of the Minister, the applicant or entity is of good repute, having regard to character, honesty and integrity; (e) whether the applicant or entity has, within the previous 10 years, been convicted in the Territory or elsewhere of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty;

Petroleum Act 1984 19 (f) whether the applicant or entity, within the previous 3 years: (i) was an undischarged bankrupt; or (ii) applied to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors; or (iii) entered into an arrangement with the applicant or entity's creditors or made an assignment of the applicant or entity's remuneration for their benefit; (g) whether the applicant or entity is or was a director of a body corporate that is the subject of a winding-up order or for which a controller or administrator has been appointed within the previous 3 years; (h) whether the applicant has demonstrated to the Minister the financial capacity to comply with the applicant's obligations under the permit or licence; (i) whether the applicant or entity is in partnership, in connection with the action that is the subject of the permit or licence, with a person whom the Minister does not consider to be an appropriate person having regard to the matters listed in this subsection and subsection (2); (j) any other matters the Minister considers relevant in determining whether a person is an appropriate person to hold a permit or licence. (2) If the applicant or entity is a body corporate, the Minister must consider the following additional matters: (a) whether a director of the body corporate: (i) has contravened the prescribed legislation or has held a licence or other authority under the prescribed legislation that has been suspended or revoked; or (ii) is or has been the director of another body corporate that has contravened the prescribed legislation or has held a licence or other authority under the prescribed legislation that has been suspended or revoked;