81BVariation of the place covered by a warehouse licence

81B  Variation of the place covered by a warehouse licence

Variation on application

 (1) On application by the holder of a warehouse licence, the Comptroller‑General of Customs may (subject to subsections (4) to (5A)), by written notice given to the licence holder, vary the licence to do one or more of the following:

 (a) remove a place from the places covered by the licence without substituting or adding any places;

 (b) remove a place from the places covered by the licence and substitute a different place;

 (c) add a place to the places covered by the licence, subject to subsection 79(2).

Note 1: To change the boundaries or other details of a place covered by a warehouse licence, the licence may be varied as mentioned in paragraph (b).

Note 2: See subsection (9) for variation on the Comptroller‑General’s own initiative.

 (e) except if the application is in relation to an excise‑equivalent warehouse licence—be accompanied by the warehouse licence variation charge.

 (2AA) An electronic application must:

 (b) except if the application is in relation to an excise‑equivalent warehouse licence—be accompanied by the warehouse licence variation charge.

 (2A) If:

 (a) a licence (the first licence) covers a particular place; and

 (b) the Comptroller‑General of Customs varies another warehouse licence held by the same licence holder to cover the place;

the Comptroller‑General must, by written notice given to the licence holder:

 (c) unless paragraph (d) applies—vary the first licence to no longer cover the place; or

 (d) if the effect of varying the first licence as mentioned in paragraph (c) would be that no places are covered by the licence—cancel the first licence.

 (3) The Comptroller‑General of Customs may, by written notice given to an applicant for the variation of a warehouse licence, require the applicant to give further information in relation to the application:

 (a) within the period that is specified in the notice; or

 (b) within such further period as the Comptroller‑General of Customs allows.

 (4) If an application for the variation of a warehouse licence is made under subsection (1), the Comptroller‑General of Customs must not grant the application if, in the Comptroller‑General’s opinion:

 (a) the physical security of a place that would be covered by the licence as varied would not be adequate having regard to:

 (ii) the kinds and quantity of goods that would be kept in the place if the variation were made; or

 (iii) the procedures and methods that would be adopted by the applicant to ensure the security of goods in the place if the variation were made; or