9Application for licence

9 Application for licence

(1)  An application for a licence for an establishment may be made to the Secretary by a person who intends to conduct the establishment.

(2)  The application –

(a) is to be in accordance with a form approved by the Secretary; and

(b) is to specify the class or classes of establishments in respect of which the licence is sought; and

(c) in the case of a proposed private hospital, is to specify the maximum number of patients that it is proposed to accommodate overnight at any one time at the hospital; and

(d) in the case of a proposed day-procedure centre, is to specify the number of procedure rooms that are proposed to be provided at the centre; and

(e) in the case of a proposed residential care service, is to specify the maximum number of residents to be accommodated; and

(f) is to be accompanied by such particulars as to the establishment and the conduct of the establishment as the Secretary may require; and

(g) is to be accompanied by the prescribed application fee.