25Grant of licence

25 Grant of licence

[Section 25 Subsection (1) amended by No. 75 of 1999, s. 6, Applied:24 Nov 1999] [Section 25 Subsection (1) amended by No. 37 of 2004, s. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2005] [Section 25 Substituted by No. 9 of 2015, s. 9, Applied:12 Aug 2015]

(1)  If the Commissioner decides to grant a liquor licence, or the Commission directs the Commissioner to grant a liquor licence under section 214(1)(a)(i) , the Commissioner must –

(a) inform the applicant accordingly; and

(b) request the applicant to pay –

(i) any prescribed fee payable on the grant of a liquor licence; and

(ii) the annual liquor licence fee payable under section 26A .

(2)  The Commissioner must not grant a liquor licence until the fees specified in subsection (1) (b) have been paid.

(3)  [Section 25 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 51 of 2015, s. 25, Applied:01 Sep 2016] The Commissioner, in his or her discretion, may waive all or part of a prescribed fee payable on the grant of a liquor licence in any circumstances he or she considers appropriate.