S.L. 441.7 Art. 14Payment of licence fees.

(1) Any licence issued under the Act for a commercial activity shall, unless otherwise specified in the Act, be subject to the payment of a fee payable on filing of the application and as provided in regulation 46 thereafter: Provided that once a bill for renewal of the licence in respect of a commercial activity has been issued by the Trade Licensing Unit, the fee should be paid within thirty (30) working days:

Provided further that no commercial activity may be carried out unless all licence fees due in respect of that activity for the preceding years have been paid.

(2) The fee due in accordance with sub-regulation (1) shall, without prejudice to the applicability of the provisions of this or any other law, also be due to the Trade Licensing Unit as a civil debt.

(3) Any licensee who fails to pay a fee due in terms of sub-regulation (1) following the service upon him by judicial act, of a notice stating that:

(a) payment is to be effected within the period stated in such notice, not being less than thirty (30) working days;

(b) if the licensee fails to pay the fee as requested in the notice, the Trade Licensing Unit shall take the case to court where the relevant authority shall demand the full settlement of the licence fee. Upon the refusal of payment by the licensee the court may order the licensee to stop operating the commercial activity till the arrears are all paid or shall order the cancellation of the licence with no possibility of reactivation of the same licence within such time as may be established by the court.

(4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of these regulations shall be deemed to effect any renewal of any trading licence under the Police Licences Regulations, made or due to have been made prior to the coming into force of these regulations.