(3) In determining an
application for an authorisation, the Authority has the same powers in
relation to the application as the Authority has in relation to an application
for a licence. The Authority may determine the application whether or not the
Secretary has provided a report in relation to the application.
(4) If,
before an application for an authorisation is determined by the Authority, a
change occurs in the information provided in, or in connection with, the
application (including information provided under this subsection), the
applicant must immediately notify the Authority of the particulars of the
change.
(5) Any person may, subject to and in accordance with the
regulations, make a submission to the Authority in relation to an application
for an authorisation.
(6) If any such submission is made to the Authority,
the Authority is to take the submission into consideration before deciding
whether or not to grant the authorisation.
(7) The regulations may prescribe,
or provide for the determination of, a fee in respect of the granting of an
authorisation. If any such fee is prescribed or determined, the authorisation
does not take effect unless the fee has been paid.
(8) The Authority may, in
granting an authorisation, specify requirements that are to be complied with
before the authorisation takes effect. The authorisation does not take effect
until such time as any such requirements have been complied with.
(9) An
authorisation--
(a) is subject to such conditions--
(i) as are imposed by the
Authority (whether at the time the authorisation is granted or at a later
time), or
(ii) as are imposed by or under this Act or as are prescribed by
the regulations, and
(b) may be varied or revoked by the Authority on the
Authority's own initiative or on application by the licensee, the Secretary or
the Commissioner of Police.
(10) Any such application by a licensee to vary
or revoke an authorisation (including any conditions to which the
authorisation is subject that have been imposed by the Authority) must be
accompanied by the fee prescribed by the regulations.
(11) For the purposes
of this Act, any condition to which an authorisation is subject is taken to be
a condition of the licence to which the authorisation relates.
(12) An
authorisation has effect only while all the conditions to which it is subject
are being complied with.
(13) The Authority must not impose a condition on an
authorisation, or revoke or vary an authorisation, other than a variation made
on application by a licensee, unless the Authority has--
(a) given the
licensee to whom the authorisation relates a reasonable opportunity to make
submissions in relation to the proposed decision, and
(b) taken any such
submissions into consideration before making the decision.
(14) This section
does not authorise the revocation or variation of a condition to which an
authorisation is subject if the condition is imposed by this Act or is
prescribed by the regulations.
