Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 135

135 Chief executive may inquire into applications

(1) The chief executive may, in relation to—

(a) an application for, or for the renewal of, a lease, agreement, licence, permit or other authority; or

(b) an application for the consent of the Minister to, or to the renewal of, a lease, agreement, licence, permit or other authority;

inquire into—

(c) if the applicant is an individual—the fame, character and suitability of the applicant; or

(d) if the applicant is a corporation—the fame, character and suitability of each executive officer of the corporation.

(2) The chief executive may obtain—

(a) a report from the commissioner of the police service in respect of the criminal history of the applicant and, if the applicant is a corporation, in respect of each executive officer of the corporation; and

(b) if the applicant, or an executive officer of a corporation that is an applicant, holds or previously held in another State a relevant lease, licence, permit or other authority—a report from the appropriate authority in the State.

(3) A report under subsection (2) (a) must include reference to or disclosure of convictions mentioned in of the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 , section 6 .

(4) In this section—

"applicant" , in relation to an expression of interest, means the person who has submitted to the chief executive the expression of interest.

"application" , for a lease, agreement, licence, permit or other authority, includes an expression of interest for the lease, agreement, licence, permit or other authority.