9Applications with respect to licences and accreditations

9 Applications with respect to licences and accreditations

9 Applications with respect to licences and accreditations

(1) A person may apply to the Authority for a licence or accreditation or for a renewal or variation of a licence or accreditation held by the person.

(2) The application must be in the approved form and be accompanied by the fee prescribed in respect of the licence or accreditation.

(3) The application must contain any information that the Authority may require.

(4) The Authority may require the applicant to provide any further information that it considers necessary to determine the application.

(5) The Authority may, in granting an application in respect of a licence or accreditation, impose such conditions on the licence or accreditation as the Authority sees fit.

(6) The Authority must (or, in the case of a renewal application, may) refuse to grant an application unless it is satisfied that:

(a) the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold the licence or accreditation, and

(b) the applicant meets any requirements that may be prescribed by the regulations in respect of the licence or accreditation, and

(c) the applicant meets any requirements in respect of the licence or accreditation that may be set out in a document forming part of the National Directory and adopted by the Authority under section 37, and

(d) in the case of a radiation user licence, the applicant is a natural person who has appropriate knowledge of the principles and practices of radiation safety and protection applicable to the activities proposed to be carried on by the applicant pursuant to the licence, and

(e) in the case of an accreditation, the applicant is a natural person who has the qualifications or expertise necessary to properly carry out the activities to be authorised by the accreditation.

(7) The Authority may, at its discretion, refuse an application on any other ground.

(8) The Authority may seek, and take into consideration, the advice of the Council before making a decision in respect of an application under this section.