43Refusal of application

43 Refusal of application

(1) If the Business Licensing Authority proposes to refuse to grant the application, the Business Licensing Authority must give the applicant a notice stating the following—

(a) that the Business Licensing Authority proposes to refuse to grant the application (the proposed decision);

(b) the reasons for the proposed decision;

(c) that the applicant may make, within 28 days of receiving the notice, written representations to the Business Licensing Authority about the proposed decision.

(2) The Business Licensing Authority must consider all written representations about the proposed decision (the accepted representations) made by the applicant within 28 days of receiving a notice under subsection (1).

(3) After considering the accepted representations, or if there are no accepted representations, the Business Licensing Authority must decide—

(a) to grant the application, with or without conditions; or

(b) to refuse to grant the application.

(4) As soon as practicable after making a decision under subsection (3), the Business Licensing Authority must give the applicant—

(a) in the case of a decision to grant the application without conditions, notice of the decision; or

(b) in the case of a decision to grant the application with conditions or to refuse to grant the application, notice of the decision and reasons for the decision.

(5) Section 42 does not apply in relation to conditions imposed under this section.