25DGrant or refusal of application

25D Grant or refusal of application

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Commission may grant or refuse an application for the issue of a licence for any reason the Commission considers appropriate, having regard to the objectives specified in section 14.

(2) The Commission must not grant an application for the issue of a licence unless the Commission is satisfied that the applicant has the capacity to comply with the conditions of the licence.

(3) The Commission must publish a notice in a daily newspaper generally circulating in Victoria—

(a) specifying that an application for a licence in respect of the provision of the relevant prescribed services has been lodged with the Commission by the person specified in the notice; and

(b) inviting interested persons to make submissions to the Commission in respect of the application within the period and in the manner specified in the notice.

S. 25D(4) amended by No. 75/2004 s. 63(2).

(4) Subject to this section, the Commission may decide the procedures that are to apply in respect of the issue of licences.

(5) The Commission must notify an applicant in writing of its decision to grant or refuse to grant the application and, in the case of a decision to refuse to grant the application, of the reasons for its decision.

S. 25E inserted by No. 62/2001 s. 85(1).