54Decision on application for renewal

54 Decision on application for renewal

(1) This section applies if AMSA receives an application for renewal of a pilot licence under section 53.

(2) AMSA must, within 30 days after receiving the application:

(b) tell the applicant, in writing, about the decision.

(3) AMSA must

(a) renew the licence; or

(b) refuse to renew the licence.

(4) AMSA may renew the licence only if satisfied that the applicant meets the criteria for renewal of the licence.

Note For eligibility — see Division 6.4.

(5) Subsection (4) does not limit the matters AMSA may consider.

(6) If AMSA does not renew a licence within 30 days after receiving the application, AMSA is taken to have decided to refuse to renew the licence.