21Determination of application

21 Determination of application

(1)  The Director of Public Health may grant or refuse to grant an application for an authority.

(2)  The Director of Public Health may grant the application only if –

(a) the Director of Public Health is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold the authority having regard to any prescribed criteria; and

(b) in the case of an application by a body corporate or a partnership, the Director of Public Health is satisfied that each director or other person concerned with the management of the body corporate or each partner in the partnership is a fit and proper person having regard to any prescribed criteria; and

(c) the Director of Public Health is satisfied that each person specified in the application as likely to be dealing with a radiation source is a fit and proper person to be dealing with the radiation source having regard to any prescribed criteria; and

(d) in the case of an application for a licence to use a radiation source, a current certificate of compliance is provided for the radiation source to which the authority is to relate or has been sighted previously by the Director of Public Health; and

(e) in the case of an application for a licence to possess a radiation source to carry out a radiation practice, the Director of Public Health is satisfied that the proposed radiation management plan for the radiation practice contains the prescribed information and complies with the prescribed requirements; and

(f) in the case of an application for a certificate of registration, a current certificate of compliance is provided for the radiation place to which the authority is to relate or has been sighted previously by the Director of Public Health; and

(g) the Director of Public Health is satisfied of any prescribed matter; and

(h) the Director of Public Health is satisfied that, after having regard to any other matter he or she considers relevant, it is proper to grant the application.

(3)  Before determining an application for an authority, the Director of Public Health may –

(a) request advice from the Council on the application; and