34HApplication for relocation of licence

34H Application for relocation of licence

(1) A licensee may apply to the Regulator to relocate the licensed tobacco premises to another premises.

(2) A relocation application must—

(b) specify, as the new proposed licensed tobacco premises, premises that are a permanent structure located in Victoria; and

(c) include or be accompanied by any prescribed information; and

(d) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(3) The Regulator may request the applicant to provide any other document or information that the Regulator considers appropriate in relation to assessing the relocation application, which may include an assessment of the suitability of the applicant to continue to hold a licence.

(4) Without limiting the document or information the Regulator may request under subsection (3), the Regulator may request the applicant to—

(a) provide a criminal history check of the applicant or any associate of the applicant (or, if a criminal history check has already been provided, an updated criminal history check); and

(b) verify any information included with or accompanying the application, or otherwise provided to the Regulator as required under this Act, including by way of statutory declaration.

(5) If the applicant does not comply with a request under subsection (3)—

S. 34I inserted by No. 51/2024 s. 8.