10Fit and proper person test for grant of licence

10 Fit and proper person test for grant of licence

(1) In determining, for the purposes of paragraph 9(3)(g), whether the applicant is a fit and proper person, the Authority must have regard to the following matters: (a) whether the applicant or an associate of the applicant has been convicted of an offence against the Act; (b) whether a debt is due and payable by the applicant or an associate of the applicant under the Act; (c) whether wine export charge is due and payable by the applicant, or an associate of the applicant, and has not been paid; (d) whether a previous application made by the applicant or an associate of the applicant, for an approval of a grape product for export under section 14, for an export certificate or for any other approval under the Act, has been refused or such an approval or certificate has been revoked. (2) The Authority may also have regard to: (a) whether the applicant has been convicted of an offence against, or ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under, any Australian law (other than the Act); and (b) any other relevant matter. (3) Nothing in this section affects the operation of Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914 (which includes provisions that, in certain circumstances, relieve persons from the requirement to disclose spent convictions and require persons aware of such convictions to disregard them).