39Applications for licences

39 Applications for licences

39 Applications for licences

(1) A person (the applicant) may apply to the Secretary for—

(a) a retail licence, or

(b) a wholesale licence.

(2) An application may not be made by an individual who is under the age of 18 years.

(3) The application must—

(a) be in the approved form, and

(b) be accompanied by the fee, if any, prescribed by the regulations for the application, and

(c) state the type of licence being applied for, and

(d) state the applicant’s name and business address, and

(e) for an application for a retail licence—

(i) if the applicant proposes a single retail premises be specified as the licensed retail outlet for the retail licence—state the address of the retail premises, and

(ii) if the applicant proposes a single website be specified as the licensed online retail shop for the retail licence—include the details of the website, and

(iii) include the details of a person with the day-to-day responsibility for running the proposed licensed retail outlet or licensed online retail shop who is nominated by the applicant to be the designated person for the retail licence, and

(f) include any other information required by the Secretary, and

(g) otherwise be made in accordance with the regulations.

(4) The Secretary may, at any time before deciding the application, require the applicant to give the Secretary further information in relation to the application.

(5) If, before the application is decided by the Secretary, a change occurs in the information provided in or in connection with the application, the applicant must immediately notify the Secretary of the details of the change.

s 39: Am 2010 No 52, Sch 3.5; 2015 No 38, Sch 5 [6]. Subst 2018 No 13, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2024 No 94, Sch 4[31]–[37]. Subst 2024 No 87, Sch 1[9].