(1) The Executive Director must not issue a pet herpetofauna licence unless satisfied that the operation of the licence will not adversely affect the conservation and protection of ¾

(a) the species of pet herpetofauna to which the licence relates;

(b) pet herpetofauna generally; or

(c) fauna and flora generally.

(2) The Executive Director may refuse to issue a pet herpetofauna licence if the Executive Director considers that ¾

(a) the applicant has been convicted of an offence under the Act or has failed to comply with a condition imposed on a licence under the Act;

(b) the applicant is under the age determined by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, as the age below which persons will not be authorised to keep the category of pet herpetofauna for which the licence is sought;

(c) the applicant does not have sufficient experience or ability to properly keep, sell, take, farm, import or export (as the case requires) the pet herpetofauna for which the licence is sought;

(d) in the case of a herpetofauna dealer's licence or herpetofauna taker's licence, the applicant is not able to identify all species of pet herpetofauna to which the licence relates;

(e) the premises at which the applicant proposes to keep the pet herpetofauna are not appropriate;

(f) the manner in which the applicant proposes to keep, sell, take, farm, import or export (as the case requires) pet herpetofauna is not appropriate;

(g) in the case of a herpetofauna exporter's licence, the proposed consignee is not authorised under the law of the place to which the pet herpetofauna is to be exported to import the pet herpetofauna;

(h) the operation of the licence may create a threat to the safety of any person or of the public generally;

(i) the carrying on of the activity authorised by the licence would be contrary to a local law; or

(j) for any other reason ¾

(i) the operation of the licence would not be in the public interest;

(ii) the applicant is not a suitable person to hold the licence; or

(iii) the licence should not be issued.