17Grounds for refusing to grant visiting tattooist permits

17 Grounds for refusing to grant visiting tattooist permits

17 Grounds for refusing to grant visiting tattooist permits

For the Act, section 26C, the Commissioner may refuse an application for a visiting tattooist permit if—

(a) the grant of the permit would result in more than 2 visiting tattooist permits being granted to the same individual in the same calendar year, or

(b) the Commissioner is satisfied the application was not properly made, or

(c) the Commissioner is satisfied the applicant is not a fit and proper person to be granted a permit, or

(d) the Commissioner is satisfied that a close associate of the applicant is not a fit and proper person, or

(e) the Commissioner is satisfied that it would be contrary to the public interest for the applicant to be granted a permit, or

(f) the Commissioner is satisfied that the applicant has, within the period of 10 years before the application for the permit was made, been convicted in New South Wales or elsewhere of a disqualifying offence for the type of permit applied for, whether or not the offence is an offence under New South Wales law, or

(g) the Commissioner is satisfied the applicant—

(i) is a member of a prescribed criminal organisation, or

(ii) was a member of a prescribed criminal organisation in the period of 12 months before making the application.