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Public Health Act 1997
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29 Activity licence—application
(1) A person may apply to the Minister for a licence to carry on a public
health risk activity.
(a) be signed by the applicant; and
(b) specify the public health risk activity; and
(c) specify the premises on or from which the applicant intends to
carry on the public health risk activity; and
(d) subject to subsection (3), in the case of existing premises, be
accompanied by a sketch plan of the premises showing—
(i) the layout of all fixtures, fittings, appliances and any other
equipment installed in the premises; and
(ii) the area, or each area forming part of the premises that will
be used for the purposes of the public health risk activity,
and the use to which it will be put; and
(e) for premises that, at the date of the application, have not been
completed or are being altered—be accompanied by a copy of
the relevant plans and specifications.
(3) Subsection (2) (d) does not apply where—
(a) another person named in the application is the holder of an
activity licence in relation to a public health risk activity carried
on at the premises; and
(b) the applicant intends to carry on the same public health risk
activity at those premises; and
(c) the applicant states that there has been no change in any matter
required to be shown in a sketch plan by subsection (2) (d) since
the latest of the following dates:
(i) the date of the last presentation of a sketch plan of the
premises under that paragraph;
(ii) the date of the last approval by the Minister of an alteration
of the premises under section 27 (1) (b).
(4) The Minister may, by written notice, require the applicant to provide
specified further information in writing about the application.