3AMatters to be taken into account in deciding whether a natural person is a fit and proper person

### 3A Matters to be taken into account in deciding whether a natural person is a fit and proper person > [*\[Section 3A Inserted by No. 40 of 2016, s. 5, Applied:17 Oct 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-10-17/act-2016-040#GS5@EN) > > > (1)  Without limiting the matters to which the responsible licensing authority may have regard in deciding whether a natural person is a fit and proper person to hold a licence, the responsible licensing authority may have regard to the following: > > > > > > (a) any conviction of the person for an indictable offence; > > > > > > > (b) any civil penalty (however described) imposed upon the person under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; > > > > > > > (c) any revocation or suspension of a licence or permit (however described) held by the person under a law of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or another country, being a law relating to the prohibition or regulation of drugs; > > > > > > > (d) the connections and associations that the person has with other persons (including but not limited to the person’s relatives); > > > > > > > (e) the person’s previous business experience; > > > > > > > (f) the capacity of the person to comply with conditions of the licence; > > > > > > > (g) whether the person has a sound and stable financial background or is in financial circumstances that may significantly limit the person’s capacity to comply with his or her obligations under a licence; > > > > > > > (h) whether the person is of good repute, having regard to matters going to their character, honesty and professional and personal integrity; > > > > > > > (i) the person’s history of compliance with this Act. > > > (2)  [Subsection (1)(d)](#GS3A@Gs1@Hpd@EN) , [(e)](#GS3A@Gs1@Hpe@EN) , [(g)](#GS3A@Gs1@Hpg@EN) and [(h)](#GS3A@Gs1@Hph@EN) does not apply in relation to a poppy research licence or a poppy grower's licence.