sec.63Chief executive may issue or refuse to issue licence

### sec.63 Chief executive may issue or refuse to issue licence The chief executive may issue or refuse to issue a licence to an applicant. The chief executive may issue a licence to an applicant only if the chief executive is satisfied that— the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a licence; and if the applicant intends performing activities under the licence in partnership or in conjunction with others—each member of the partnership, or each person with whom the applicant intends performing activities in conjunction, is a fit and proper person to hold a licence; and if the applicant is a corporation—each executive officer of the corporation is a fit and proper person to hold a licence; and for a researcher licence—the research plan for the application for the licence will, if implemented, manage all risks of non-compliance with the Act that are associated with the research and associated activities proposed to be carried out under the licence; and the application is properly made. For subsection (2) (e) , an application is properly made only if the applicant complies with section 54 . If the chief executive decides to issue a researcher licence, the research plan for the application for the licence forms part of the licence. If the chief executive decides to refuse to issue the licence, the chief executive must give the applicant an information notice for the decision within 14 days after the decision is made. In this section— research plan , for an application for a researcher licence, means the research plan forming part of the application under section 54 as amended in accordance with this part. s 63 ins 2002 No. 35 s 7 amd 2018 No. 5 ss 104 , 125 (sec.63-ssec.1) The chief executive may issue or refuse to issue a licence to an applicant. (sec.63-ssec.2) The chief executive may issue a licence to an applicant only if the chief executive is satisfied that— the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a licence; and if the applicant intends performing activities under the licence in partnership or in conjunction with others—each member of the partnership, or each person with whom the applicant intends performing activities in conjunction, is a fit and proper person to hold a licence; and if the applicant is a corporation—each executive officer of the corporation is a fit and proper person to hold a licence; and for a researcher licence—the research plan for the application for the licence will, if implemented, manage all risks of non-compliance with the Act that are associated with the research and associated activities proposed to be carried out under the licence; and the application is properly made. (sec.63-ssec.3) For subsection (2) (e) , an application is properly made only if the applicant complies with section 54 . (sec.63-ssec.4) If the chief executive decides to issue a researcher licence, the research plan for the application for the licence forms part of the licence. (sec.63-ssec.5) If the chief executive decides to refuse to issue the licence, the chief executive must give the applicant an information notice for the decision within 14 days after the decision is made. (sec.63-ssec.6) In this section— research plan , for an application for a researcher licence, means the research plan forming part of the application under section 54 as amended in accordance with this part. - (a) the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a licence; and - (b) if the applicant intends performing activities under the licence in partnership or in conjunction with others—each member of the partnership, or each person with whom the applicant intends performing activities in conjunction, is a fit and proper person to hold a licence; and - (c) if the applicant is a corporation—each executive officer of the corporation is a fit and proper person to hold a licence; and - (d) for a researcher licence—the research plan for the application for the licence will, if implemented, manage all risks of non-compliance with the Act that are associated with the research and associated activities proposed to be carried out under the licence; and - (e) the application is properly made.