#### 54 Application for renewal of licence (1) A licensee under a licence to which paragraph 53(1)(a) or (b) applies may, from time to time, make an application to the Designated Authority for the renewal by the Joint Authority of the licence. (2) An application for the renewal of the licence: (b) subject to subsection (3), shall be made in an approved manner not less than 6 months before the day on which the licence ceases to be in force; (c) shall be accompanied by particulars of the proposals of the licensee for work and expenditure in respect of the licence area; and (d) shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. (3) The Designated Authority may, for reasons that he thinks sufficient, receive an application for the renewal of the licence less than 6 months before, but not in any case after, the day on which the licence ceases to be in force.

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