(2) An application for
approval to remove a licence to other premises must--
(a) be in the form and
manner approved by the Authority, and
(b) be accompanied by the fee
prescribed by the regulations and such information and particulars as may be
prescribed by the regulations, and
(c) be advertised in accordance with the
regulations, and
(d) comply with such other requirements as may be approved
by the Authority or prescribed by the regulations.
(3) An application for
approval to remove a licence to other premises is to be dealt with and
determined by the Authority as if it were an application for the granting of a
licence in respect of those other premises. Accordingly, the provisions of
Division 1, in particular, extend to an application for the removal of a
licence to other premises as if it were an application for a licence.
(4) The
Authority may refuse an application for approval to remove a hotellicence if
the Authority is satisfied that the removal of the licence would adversely
affect the interest of the owner or a lessee or mortgagee of the premises from
which it is proposed to remove the hotellicence, or a sublessee from a lessee
or sublessee of those premises.
(5) The Authority must refuse an application
for approval to remove a licence unless the Authority is satisfied that--
(a)
practices will, as soon as the removal of the licence takes effect, be in
place at the premises to which the licence is proposed to be removed that
ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that liquor is sold, supplied or
served responsibly on those premises and that all reasonable steps are taken
to prevent intoxication on those premises, and
(b) those practices will
remain in place.
(6) The regulations may provide additional mandatory or
discretionary grounds for refusing to approve the removal of a licence.
(7)
The approval to remove a licence to other premises takes effect--
(a) on
payment to the Secretary of the fee prescribed by the regulations, and