Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive may investigate a business or executive associate of a permit holder to help the Minister decide whether the associate is a suitable person to be associated with a permit holder's operations.
(2) However, the chief executive may investigate a business or executive associate of a permit holder only if--
(a) the Minister reasonably suspects the associate is not a suitable person to be associated with a permit holder's operations; or
(b) the investigation is made under an audit program for business and executive associates of permit holders approved by the Minister; or
(c) for a person who became a business or executive associate of the permit holder after the issue of the oncourse wagering permit--the associate has not been investigated previously under an audit program mentioned in paragraph (b).
(3) Also, a business or executive associate of a permit holder may be investigated under an audit program only if there has not been an investigation of the associate under the program within the preceding 2 years.