30. The Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux may issue a permit under section 24, allow the transfer thereof or authorize the temporary use thereof by a person other than the holder or a change of the place where it is used if it considers that the issue, transfer of authorization is not contrary to the public interest, if, in the case of the issue or transfer of a permit other than a warehouse permit, it has obtained, in respect of the application, a notice from the Minister of Economy and Innovation, and if the applicant(1) undertakes to fulfil the conditions, if any, fixed in that notice or upon the issue or transfer of the permit or upon the issue of the authorization;
(2) has not, during the five years preceding the application, been convicted of an indictable offence connected with the activities he may carry on under the permit applied for and punishable by imprisonment for five years or more or, if he has been so convicted, has obtained a pardon;
(3) has completed his sentence or, as the case may be, has begun his probation period, where more than five years have elapsed since he was convicted of an indictable offence referred to in subparagraph 2 for which he has not obtained a pardon;
(3.1) has an establishment in Québec;
(4) pays the annual duties prescribed by regulation;
(5) holds an industrial permit, a small-scale production permit or a small-scale beer producer’s permit, where the application is for a warehouse permit;
(6) produces, at the request of the board and within the time fixed by it, any relevant information or document.
Where the applicant is a legal person, a permit may be issued or transferred to it only if all the directors of the legal person and any shareholder holding 10% or more of the shares with full voting rights fulfil the conditions set out in subparagraphs 2 and 3 of the first paragraph. If any such shareholder is a legal person, it must also satisfy the same conditions.
The provisions of this Act and of any other Act and those of the regulations thereunder which apply to a permit and to its holder apply, adapted as required, to an authorization for the temporary use of a permit and to its holder.
The Government shall determine, in respect of a product or class of products it designates, the date from which a beer distributor’s permit may be issued by the board and the fourth paragraph of section 25 may take effect. The classes of products designated by the Government may be based on such criteria as the substances with which the products are made, their alcohol content and their origin.
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