3GWho is an associate?

3G Who is an associate?

(1) In this Act, an associate of a person (primary person) who is an applicant for a licence, a licensee or a proposed transferee of a licence is—

(a) a person who—

(i) has or will have a relevant financial interest, or is or will be entitled to exercise a relevant power (whether in right of the person or on behalf of any other person) in the tobacco supply business carried on, or proposed to be carried on, under the licence; and

(ii) by virtue of that interest or power, is able or will be able to exercise a significant influence over or with respect to the management of that business; or

(b) a person who holds or will hold any relevant position (whether in right of the person or on behalf of another person) in the tobacco supply business carried on, or proposed to be carried on, under the licence; or

(c) if the primary person is a body corporate, a relative of any director of the primary person, other than a relative—

(i) who is not, and has never been, involved in a tobacco supply business of the primary person; or

(ii) who is not, or will not, be involved in the tobacco supply business carried on, or proposed to be carried on, under the licence; or

(d) if the primary person is a natural person who holds or will hold the licence on the primary person's own account, a relative of the primary person, other than a relative—

(i) who is not, and has never been, involved in a tobacco supply business of the primary person; or

(ii) who is not, or will not, be involved in the tobacco supply business carried on, or proposed to be carried on, under the licence; or

(e) if the primary person is a natural person who holds or will hold the licence on behalf of a partnership, a relative of any partner in the partnership, other than a relative—

(i) who is not, and has never been, involved in a tobacco supply business of the partnership; or

(ii) who is not, or will not, be involved in the tobacco supply business carried on, or proposed to be carried on, under the licence; or

(f) a person who is prescribed as an associate of the primary person.

domestic partner, in relation to a person, means—

(a) a person who is in a registered relationship with the person; or

(b) an adult person to whom the person is not married, but with whom the person is in a relationship as a couple where one or each of them provides personal or financial commitment and support of a domestic nature for the material benefit of the other, irrespective of their genders and whether or not they are living under the same roof, but does not include a person who provides domestic support and personal care to the person—