17Authority may determine application

17 Authority may determine application (1) The Authority may determine a licence application by granting or refusing it. (2) In granting a licence, the Authority may specify any conditions or restrictions to which the licence is subject, including conditions regulating or prohibiting any activity at a meat processing facility covered by the licence. (3) A licence must not be made subject to a condition or restriction that is inconsistent with an approved quality assurance program applying to the facilities covered by the licence. (4) Each licence is subject to the condition that the licensee must comply with any quality assurance program approved by the Authority for the facilities covered by the licence. (5) If the Authority refuses a licence application, it must as soon as possible give notice of this and the reasons for the refusal to the applicant. (6) The Authority must issue the licence as soon as possible after granting the licence application. S. 18 amended by No. 24/2003 s. 67(2) (ILA s. 39B(1)).