Section 7

grant or renew a licence for any duration that the Board may specify in the licence; or

refuse the application.

the applicant or a relevant individual of the applicant is not a suitable person to be involved in the management or operation of the business of a travel agent;

the applicant is unable to meet or continue to meet any minimum financial requirements that may be prescribed;

the Board has reason to believe that the applicant or a relevant individual of the applicant has committed any offence involving dishonesty or moral turpitude;

the Board has reason to believe that the applicant is contravening or has contravened —

any provision of this Act or the regulations; or

any condition of a licence or any code of conduct applicable to the applicant;

the Board has reason to believe that a relevant individual of the applicant is contravening or has contravened, or is responsible for another licensee’s contravention of —

any provision of this Act or the regulations; or

any condition of a licence or any code of conduct applicable to the relevant individual or the other licensee, as the case may be;

the application for the grant or renewal of the licence contains a statement or information that is untrue, or misleading (including as a result of any omission), in any material particular;

all relevant individuals of the applicant are incapable, by reason of illness, infirmity or any other cause, of carrying on the business of a travel agent; or

the Board considers it in the public interest to do so.

serve the applicant written notice of its intention; and

give the applicant an opportunity to submit reasons, within any period that the Board may specify in that notice, why the application should not be refused.

consented or connived, or conspired with others, to effect the licensee’s contravention;

is in any other way, whether by act or omission, knowingly concerned in, or is party to, the contravention of the licensee; or

knew or ought reasonably to have known that the contravention of the licensee (or a contravention of the same type) would be or is being effected, and failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent or stop the contravention.

subsection (3)(d) applies in relation to any contravention by the applicant, whether the contravention occurred before, on or after 1 January 2018; and

subsection (3)(e) applies in relation to —

any contravention by a relevant individual of the applicant, whether the contravention occurred before, on or after 1 January 2018; and

any contravention by a licensee mentioned in subsection (3)(e) for which the relevant individual is responsible, whether the contravention occurred before, on or after 1 January 2018.