63Legal personal representatives

63 Legal personal representatives

(1) If the holder of a Part 2 licence or a Part 2A licence dies, a person who is named as or who intends to apply to become a legal personal representative of the holder may apply to the Secretary to carry on the service until the period of one year after the death of the holder expires.

(2) An application to carry on a service under subsection (1) must be made—

(a) within 28 days after the death of the holder; or

(b) if the Secretary allows a longer period, that period.

(3) The Secretary must grant an application under subsection (1) unless the Secretary has any reason to believe that, if the applicant were to make an application for the licence, the Secretary would refuse the application.

(4) The granting of an application under this section has effect as a variation of the licence for the period to which the application relates.

S. 63A inserted by No. 29/2021 s. 31.