New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LICENSING AND REGISTRATION (UNIFORM PROCEDURES) ACT 2002 - SECT 20

20 Issue of licence

(1) A licensing authority that grants an application must issue to the applicant an original or replacement licence, as the case requires.

(2) The licence is to be issued:

(a) if the relevant licensing legislation requires payment of any fee in connection with the licence before it is issued, on payment of the fee, or

(b) in any other case, when notice of the licensing authority’s decision is served on the applicant as referred to in section 19.

(3) A licence:

(a) must be in a form approved by the licensing authority, and

(b) must include the following particulars:

(i) a unique identifier,

(ii) the name of the licensee,

(iii) the kind of licence it is, whether by reference to the provision of the relevant licensing legislation or otherwise,

(iv) the authority conferred by the licence and (in the case of a licence that is subject to discretionary conditions) a statement to that effect,

(v) the date on which the licence comes into force and (in the case of a fixed-term licence) the date on which the licence expires, and

(c) may include such other particulars as the licensing authority considers appropriate to include in the licence.

(4) A licence may indicate the kind of licence it is, and the authority it confers, by reference to words, codes or symbols prescribed for that purpose by the relevant licensing legislation.

(5) A single document may contain one or more licences together with one or more certificates of registration under Part 3.