47Application for, and grant of, tobacco licence

47 Application for, and grant of, tobacco licence (1) A person may apply to the commissioner for a wholesale tobacco merchant’s licence or a retail tobacconist’s licence. (2) The applicant must give the commissioner any additional information or documents that the commissioner, in writing, requires the applicant to give to decide the application or for the administration of this Act. (3) Subject to section 50, the commissioner must, if the applicant has complied with this Act, grant to the applicant the licence applied for. (4) A licence must state the premises that are to be used in relation to the business in relation to which the licence is granted. (5) A licence operates as follows: (a) a wholesale tobacco merchant’s licence authorises the licensee to carry on tobacco wholesaling at the premises, or each of the premises, specified in the licence; (b) a retail tobacconist’s licence authorises the licensee to carry on tobacco retailing at the premises, or each of the premises, specified in the licence. (6) If the holder or any of the holders of a tobacco licence asks the commissioner in writing to amend the details of the premises stated in the licence, the commissioner must amend the details. (7) A licence cannot be transferred.