Cap. 441 Art. 17Power to make regulations.

The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of regulating the grant, renewal, suspension, transfer or cancellation of licences or of any one or more categories or classes thereof and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of this provision, he may make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

(a) for prescribing the conditions under which licences or any one or more categories or classes thereof may be granted, renewed, suspended, transferred or cancelled;

(b) for providing the manner in which applications for the grant, renewal, suspension, transfer or cancellation of licences or of any one or more categories or classes thereof are to be made; for the contents of such application; for the manner in which such licences are to be granted, renewed, suspended, transferred or cancelled; the form in which such licences are to be issued, the contents thereof and the manner in which renewals or transfers thereof are to be indicated;

(c) for providing the manner in which applications for such licences as may be prescribed are to be publicised and for providing the manner in which any person who may be prejudiced by such a licence may make an objection or representation thereon to the regulatory authority;

(d) for establishing the duration of the validity of licences or of any one or more categories or classes thereof;

(e) for establishing the fees leviable in respect of licences or of any one or more categories or classes thereof, either by direct determination or by reference to the manner in which such fees are to be reckoned; and to make provision for fees leviable in respect of broken periods:

(f) for establishing the penalties or administrative sanctions to which any offender against the provisions of this Act and regulations made thereunder shall be liable;

(g) for establishing the qualifications that a person carrying out a commercial activity or serving customers from any commercial premises may be required to possess;

(h) for the requirement of registration of, and for establishing the qualifications that shall be possessed by, any person carrying on a commercial activity other than from commercial premises, provided that this paragraph shall not apply with respect to a person who carries out a commercial activity which is regulated under any other enactment and who is required to hold a licence or warrant thereunder;

(i) for any matter in relation to any activity carried on in any commercial premises licensed under this Act;

(j) for establishing the days and hours during which any activity may or shall be carried on from any commercial premises, including open-air markets: Provided that such regulations may also make provision in relation to any commercial premises which is licensed by another regulatory authority under the provisions of any other enactment;

(k) for prescribing any matter considered necessary or expedient for the better carrying out of any of the provisions of this Act.