18Investigation of licence and renewal applications

#### 18 Investigation of licence and renewal applications 18 Investigation of licence and renewal applications > > (1) On receiving an application for a licence or for the renewal of a licence, the Commissioner may carry out all such investigations and inquiries as the Commissioner considers necessary to enable the Commissioner to consider the application properly. > > > (2) To confirm the identity of an applicant for a licence, the Commissioner may require the applicant to do the following within the period specified by the Commissioner— > > > > > (a) attend a Service NSW service centre and allow Service NSW to take a photograph of the applicant, > > > > > (b) permit an authorised officer to do one or more of the following— > > > > > > > (i) take the applicant’s fingerprints, > > > > > > > (ii) take the applicant’s palm prints, > > > > > > > (iii) take a photograph of the applicant. > > > (3) If the applicant does not comply with the Commissioner’s requirement within the specified period, the application is taken to be withdrawn. > > > (4) Any fingerprint, palm print or photograph obtained in accordance with this section may be used by the Commissioner for any purpose as the Commissioner sees fit. > > > (5) A person who formerly held a licence, but is not currently a licensee, or who was an applicant for, but was never granted, a licence, may apply to the Commissioner to have the following destroyed— > > > > > (a) the person’s fingerprints or palm prints obtained in accordance with a requirement under subsection (2) and any copies of them, > > > > > (b) the person’s photograph obtained in accordance with a requirement under subsection (3) and any copies of it. > > > (6) The Commissioner may grant or refuse the application as the Commissioner sees fit. > > > (6A) A reference in this section to an applicant or a licensee includes, in the case of an application for a master licence, or in the case of a former licensee, a reference to each close associate of the applicant or former licensee. > > > (7) In this section, authorised officer means any of the following persons authorised in writing by the Commissioner as an authorised officer for the purposes of this section— > > > > > (a) a police officer or any other member of the NSW Police Force, > > > > > (b) a Public Service employee, > > > > > (c) any other person prescribed by the regulations. > > **s 18:** Am 2002 No 107, Sch 1 \[4\]; 2005 No 63, Sch 1 \[31\]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.32 \[1\]; 2012 No 49, Sch 1 \[28\]–\[34\]; 2017 No 16, Sch 1 \[8\]; 2022 No 52, Sch 1\[21\].