14Grant of licence

#### 14 Grant of licence 14 Grant of licence > > (1) If the Minister is satisfied that— > > > > > (a) an application for a licence has been made in compliance with section 13 (or if there was a non-compliance, it was in respect of a requirement of section 13 (1) or (2) and was not material), and > > > > > (b) if that application was amended, the application for the amendment was made in compliance with section 13A (or if there was a non-compliance, it was in respect of a requirement of section 13A (3), (4), (5) or (9) and was not material), and > > > > > (c) if an instrument has been served on the Minister under section 13B, the instrument complied with section 13B, and > > > > > (d) the lands, or the easements, specified in the application for the licence— > > > > > > > (i) are vested in the applicant, or > > > > > > > (ii) are available, in accordance with section 22, for compulsory acquisition, and > > > > > (e) the applicant has made provision, or given security in addition to any other security required by this Act, for the payment— > > > > > > > (i) of compensation and any interest payable in respect of any lands, or easements, that are available for compulsory acquisition, and > > > > > > > (ii) of all charges and expenses necessary for or incidental to the compulsory acquisition of those lands or easements, > > > > the Minister may grant a licence in relation to the lands, including those the subject of easements, specified in the application or such of those lands as he or she thinks fit. > > > (2) The Minister may refuse an application for a licence, but only if the Minister has— > > > > > (a) given the applicant at least one month’s written notice of his or her intention to refuse the application, and > > > > > (b) served a copy of the notice on such other persons, if any, as he or she thinks fit, and > > > > > (c) in the notice— > > > > > > > (i) given particulars of the reasons for the intention, and > > > > > > > (ii) specified a period within which the applicant or a person on whom a copy of the notice is served may make written submissions to the Minister with respect to the application, and > > > > > (d) taken into account any written submissions made to the Minister within the specified period. > > > (3) If an application for a licence is refused, the whole, or such part as the Minister determines, of the fee referred to in section 13 (1) (i) is to be refunded to the applicant. > > **s 14:** Am 1973 No 86, sec 3 (j); 1977 No 17, sec 3 (b), Sch 1; 1994 No 82, Sch 4 (7). Subst 2006 No 35, Sch 1 \[51\].