51Application for renewal of authority

51 Application for renewal of authority

(1) An authority holder may apply to the Secretary for the renewal of their authority.

(2) An application may be made—

(a) before the authority expires; or

(b) despite anything to the contrary in an authority, within 60 days after the authority expires.

(3) The application must be—

(a) in the form approved by the Secretary; and

(i) any information required by the Secretary that relates to the authority; and

(4) If there is a prescribed fee that must be paid for an application made within 60 days after the authority expires (a late application), that prescribed fee must be the same as the prescribed fee that must be paid for an authority that is renewed—

(a) on an application that is made before that authority expired; and

(b) with the same date of expiry as specified in the authority that is renewed on the late application.

(5) If the application is made before the authority expires, then despite anything to the contrary in the authority, the authority continues in force until the Secretary renews the authority or refuses to renew the authority under section 52.