Rooming House Operators Act 2016
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11 How to make application
(1) An application for a licence or for a renewal of a licence must be made in the manner and form approved by the Authority.
(2) An application for a licence or a renewal of a licence by a natural person who is, or intends to be, a rooming house operator must include the following information—
(a) the applicant's full name;
(b) the applicant's date of birth;
(c) the applicant's residential address;
(d) if a rooming house that the applicant currently operates, or intends to operate, has a manager or a proposed manager, the following details about the manager—
(iii) the manager's residential address;
(e) any other information in relation to the application required by the Authority.
(3) An application for a licence or a renewal of a licence by a body corporate that is, or intends to be, a rooming house operator must include the following information—
(a) the name of the body corporate, its business name (if any) and its ACN or ABN;
(b) the address of its registered office;
(c) the full name of each officer of the body corporate and each officer's date of birth, position and residential address;
(d) if a rooming house that the applicant currently operates, or intends to operate, has a manager or a proposed manager, the following details about the manager—
(ii) the manager's residential address;
(e) any other information in relation to the application required by the Authority.
(4) An application made under subsection (1) must be accompanied by—
(a) any document or other information required by the Authority—
(i) to verify the identity of a relevant person; or
(ii) to enable the Authority to ascertain whether a relevant person meets any of the licence disqualification criteria or renewal disqualification criteria, as the case may be; and
(b) the applicant's consent to the Authority checking or verifying any information provided by the applicant under this section; and
(c) the manager's consent to the Authority verifying the manager's identity; and
(d) in the case of a body corporate, each officer's consent to the Authority verifying the officer's identity; and
(e) in the case of a body corporate, a declaration by the natural person making the application that—
(i) the natural person is authorised by all the officers of the body corporate to make the application on behalf of the body corporate; and
(ii) the information provided in the application is true and correct; and