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Drugs Misuse Act 1986
sec.54Application for licence
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### sec.54 Application for licence
An applicant for a licence must—
apply to the chief executive in the approved form; and
state the licence being applied for; and
give the chief executive information for establishing the applicant’s eligibility to hold the licence; and
state the names and addresses of—
the applicant’s close associates; and
if the applicant is a corporation—its executive officers; and
provide any information the chief executive reasonably requires to decide whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a licence.
The application must be accompanied by—
the application fee prescribed under a regulation; and
for an applicant who is an individual, 2 prescribed photographs of the applicant; and
for an applicant that is a corporation, 2 prescribed photographs of the chief executive officer of the corporation; and
for an application for a researcher licence—a research plan containing information prescribed by regulation.
A research plan mentioned in subsection (2) (d) forms part of the application.
s 54 ins 2002 No. 35 s 7
amd 2006 No. 48 s 25 ; 2018 No. 5 ss 101 , 122
(sec.54-ssec.1) An applicant for a licence must— apply to the chief executive in the approved form; and state the licence being applied for; and give the chief executive information for establishing the applicant’s eligibility to hold the licence; and state the names and addresses of— the applicant’s close associates; and if the applicant is a corporation—its executive officers; and provide any information the chief executive reasonably requires to decide whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a licence.
(sec.54-ssec.2) The application must be accompanied by— the application fee prescribed under a regulation; and for an applicant who is an individual, 2 prescribed photographs of the applicant; and for an applicant that is a corporation, 2 prescribed photographs of the chief executive officer of the corporation; and for an application for a researcher licence—a research plan containing information prescribed by regulation.
(sec.54-ssec.3) A research plan mentioned in subsection (2) (d) forms part of the application.
- (a) apply to the chief executive in the approved form; and
- (b) state the licence being applied for; and
- (c) give the chief executive information for establishing the applicant’s eligibility to hold the licence; and
- (d) state the names and addresses of— (i) the applicant’s close associates; and (ii) if the applicant is a corporation—its executive officers; and
- (i) the applicant’s close associates; and
- (ii) if the applicant is a corporation—its executive officers; and
- (e) provide any information the chief executive reasonably requires to decide whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a licence.
- (i) the applicant’s close associates; and
- (ii) if the applicant is a corporation—its executive officers; and
- (a) the application fee prescribed under a regulation; and
- (b) for an applicant who is an individual, 2 prescribed photographs of the applicant; and
- (c) for an applicant that is a corporation, 2 prescribed photographs of the chief executive officer of the corporation; and
- (d) for an application for a researcher licence—a research plan containing information prescribed by regulation.