17Application for licence—licence disqualification criteria

17 Application for licence—licence disqualification criteria

(1) The following are the licence disqualification criteria—

(a) within the preceding 10 years, a relevant person has been convicted or found guilty of—

S. 17(1)(a)(i) amended by No. 7/2022 s. 76(a).

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

S. 17(1)(a)(ia) inserted by No. 7/2022 s. 76(b).

(ia) an offence against section 5(1), 6(1), 7(1), 8(1), 9(1), 10(1) or 11(1) of the Sex Work Act 1994 despite its repeal by the Sex Work Decriminalisation Act 2022; or

S. 17(1)(a)(ii) amended by No. 7/2022 s. 76(c).

(ii) an offence that, if committed in Victoria, would constitute an offence referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ia);

(b) a relevant person is an insolvent under administration;

(c) a relevant person is an externally administered corporation under the Corporations Act;

S. 17(1)(d) amended by No. 13/2019 s. 221(Sch. 1 item 44).

(d) a relevant person is a represented person within the meaning of the Guardianship and Administration Act 2019;

(e) within the preceding 5 years, a relevant person's licence was cancelled;

(f) within the preceding 5 years, a relevant person has been convicted or found guilty of—

(i) an offence against this Act (other than section 39); or

(ii) in relation to a rooming house, an offence against section 67, 75(2), 176(2), 183, 194(4), 210(1) or (2) or 211 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008; or

(iii) in relation to a rooming house, an offence against any regulations made under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008; or

(iv) an offence against the rooming house provisions; or

(v) in relation to a rooming house, an offence against section 118(1), 221ZZC(1), 221ZZG(1) or (2), 231F(3) or (4) or 246 of the Building Act 1993; or

(vi) in relation to a rooming house, an offence against any regulation made under the Building Act 1993 in relation to—

(A) a Class 1 building or Class 3 building (within the meaning of the Building Code of Australia); or