S.L. 409.12 Art. 5Licensing procedures. S.L. 409.05

(1) An application for a licence under these regulations shall be made to the Authority on the forms provided by the Authority for the purpose.

(2) The Authority shall, without delay, acknowledge receipt of an application for a licence to the applicant and shall specify:

(a) the periods mentioned in sub-regulations (3) and (4) within which the Authority shall determine the outcome of the application;

(b) the procedure under which a refusal by the Authority to issue a licence to the applicant may be appealed by the latter in terms of the provisions of the Third Schedule to the Act, on payment of the fee set out in the Fees (Tourism) Regulations;

(c) that the applicant shall be deemed to be licensed in the event the Authority does not determine an application within the periods mentioned in sub-regulations (4) and (5).

(3) In case of an incomplete application, the Authority shall, without delay, inform the applicant of the need to supply any additional information or documentation, and that the Authority shall not commence processing the application unless the Authority receives a complete application form: Provided that an application shall not be deemed to be complete unless the Authority has received all the documentation required to be submitted under regulation 3 or regulation 4 together with the required completed application form.

(4) The Authority shall determine whether to issue a licence to an applicant within sixty days from the date of receipt of a complete application.

(5) The period mentioned in sub-regulation (4) may, prior to its expiry, be extended by the Authority for one period of not more than thirty days. Such extension and the reasons thereof shall be notified to the applicant without delay.

(6) In the event that the Authority has not determined an application on the expiration of the period referred to in subregulation (4), or on the expiration of the extended period mentioned in sub-regulation (5), the applicant shall be deemed to be licensed.