MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
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- (b) whether the person is, in the opinion of the Licensing Officer, a fit and proper person to hold a licence;
- (c) whether the carrying on by the person of the business of providing massage services at the premises in the application is, in the opinion of the Licensing Officer, likely to affect public order or public safety, or to cause annoyance or inconvenience to the public or any class of the public;
- (d) whether using the premises in the application as an establishment for massage conforms with the Master Plan or any Certified Interpretation Plan under the Planning Act (Cap. 232) or any authorisation under section 21(6) of that Act;
- (e) whether any written permission (if required) has been obtained under the Planning Act for any development of, or works on, the land that constitutes the premises in which the business of providing massage services in an establishment for massage is carried on;
- (f) whether a person who administers the massage in an establishment for massage possesses such necessary qualifications as the Licensing Officer may approve;
- (g) whether it is likely that the business of providing massage services in an establishment for massage will be carried on in contravention of any requirement of the Act.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3)(b), in determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold a licence, the Licensing Officer may consider such criteria and requirements as the Licensing Officer may publish on a prescribed website.
(5) The criteria and requirements mentioned in subsection (4) may include criteria and requirements relating to any responsible officer of the applicant for a licence and any person having substantial interest in, or control or direction over, the business of the applicant.
(6) The Licensing Officer may publish different criteria or requirements for different classes of applicants.
