47Extending the term of a commercial licence

47 Extending the term of a commercial licence

(1) The licensing scheme may provide for the following: (a) the holder of a commercial licence to apply to the Minister to extend the end day of the licence; (b) procedures for the Minister to decide whether or not to grant such an extension; (c) such an extension to be granted in respect of the whole licence area, or a part of the licence area (as long as this does not result in the part of the licence area that has not reached the end day being non‑continuous); (d) more than one such extension to be granted in respect of a particular licence.

Note 1: If the declaration that applies to the licence area has been varied, the variation may affect an extension of the end day of the licence (see section 23).

Note 2: For review of decisions, see section 297.

(2) An application under provisions of the licensing scheme made for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) may only be made at least 5 years before the end day of the licence. (3) An extension must not result in the end day of a commercial licence being later than the day after the end of 40 years after the extension is made. (4) An extension must not apply to any part of a licence area that is not a declared area at the time the extension is granted. (5) If an extension results in there being different end days for different parts of a licence area, subsection 46(4) applies separately in respect of each such part.