Customs Amendment (Strengthening and Modernising Licensing and Other Measures) Act 2024 (79 of 2024)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 7   Fit and proper person test

Customs Act 1901

129   After paragraph 77V(1)(a)

Insert:

(aa) if the licence is held by a natural person - the Comptroller-General of Customs is satisfied that:

(i) the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold a depot licence; or

(ii) a person participating in the management or control of, or in the operations carried out at, the depot (whether or not the person is present at the depot) is not a fit and proper person to so participate; or

(ab) if the licence is held by a partnership - the Comptroller-General of Customs is satisfied that:

(i) a member of the partnership is not a fit and proper person to be a member of a partnership holding a depot licence; or

(ii) a person participating in the management or control of, or in the operations carried out at, the depot (whether or not the person is present at the depot) is not a fit and proper person to so participate; or

(ac) if the licence is held by a company - the Comptroller-General of Customs is satisfied that:

(i) a director of the company is not a fit and proper person to be a director of a company holding a depot licence; or

(ii) a person participating in the management or control of, or in the operations carried out at, the depot (whether or not the person is present at the depot) is not a fit and proper person to so participate; or

(iii) the company is not a fit and proper company to hold a depot licence; or