sec.17Who may apply for retail or wholesale licence

sec.17 Who may apply for retail or wholesale licence

The following entities may apply to the chief executive for a retail or wholesale licence— the owner of a business that proposes to sell smoking products; an adult individual, corporation or partnership that proposes to establish a business that is intended to sell smoking products; an adult individual, corporation or partnership that proposes to purchase a business that sells smoking products. However, if smoking products are proposed to be sold at liquor licensed premises— the application must be for a retail licence (liquor); and only the liquor licensee for liquor licensed premises may apply to the chief executive for the licence. If the applicant is a partnership, the partners must jointly make the application under subsection (1) . In this section— owner , of a business, means the adult individual, corporation or partnership that owns and controls the business. s 17 ins 2023 No. 16 s 7 (sec.17-ssec.1) The following entities may apply to the chief executive for a retail or wholesale licence— the owner of a business that proposes to sell smoking products; an adult individual, corporation or partnership that proposes to establish a business that is intended to sell smoking products; an adult individual, corporation or partnership that proposes to purchase a business that sells smoking products. (sec.17-ssec.2) However, if smoking products are proposed to be sold at liquor licensed premises— the application must be for a retail licence (liquor); and only the liquor licensee for liquor licensed premises may apply to the chief executive for the licence. (sec.17-ssec.3) If the applicant is a partnership, the partners must jointly make the application under subsection (1) . (sec.17-ssec.4) In this section— owner , of a business, means the adult individual, corporation or partnership that owns and controls the business.

• (a) the owner of a business that proposes to sell smoking products;
• (b) an adult individual, corporation or partnership that proposes to establish a business that is intended to sell smoking products;
• (c) an adult individual, corporation or partnership that proposes to purchase a business that sells smoking products.
• (a) the application must be for a retail licence (liquor); and
• (b) only the liquor licensee for liquor licensed premises may apply to the chief executive for the licence.