19Variation of licence

19 Variation of licence

(1) The holder of a live‑stock export licence must apply to the Secretary for approval of any variation of the licence, including a variation in any of the following ways: (a) the holder wishes to change: (i) the approved operations and governance manual for the licence; or (ii) the type of live‑stock exported under the licence; or (iii) the mode of transport used to export the live‑stock; (c) a person who has not been described to the Secretary, in the application for the licence, as a person in management and control of the live‑stock export business to which the licence relates, is to begin being a person in management and control of the business; (d) the holder proposes to operate the business in partnership with another individual or body corporate; (e) the holder operates the business in partnership and the membership of the partnership is to change. (2) An application for variation must be made to the Secretary by: (a) completing the form supplied as an approved application form under subregulation 14 (1), as far as that form relates to the variation; and (b) making the declaration required by subregulation 14 (3); and (c) providing copies of any documents mentioned in subregulation 14 (4) that are relevant to the variation. (3) In deciding whether to approve a variation of a licence, the Secretary must satisfy himself or herself about, and have regard to, those matters relevant to the variation that the Secretary would be required to be satisfied about, and have regard to, if the variation had been part of the application for the licence. (5) If the Secretary refuses to approve a variation of a licence, the Secretary must notify the holder in writing of the refusal. (6) Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision of the Secretary refusing to approve a variation of a licence.