New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRADE MEASUREMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 44

44 Application for licence

(1) On application made in a form approved by the administering authority, the licensing authority may grant:

(a) a servicing licence, or

(b) a public weighbridge licence for a single weighbridge.

(2) However, if two or more persons who carry on business together as partners join in making an application, the licensing authority may only grant a single licence to the joint applicants.

(2A) If the licensing authority grants a licence to a partnership, the licence must state:

(a) the names of all the partners, and

(b) if the partnership has a registered business name, the registered business name.

(2B) Each partner stated in the licence, including the licence as amended under section 54B, is taken to be a holder of the licence.

(3) An application under this section must be accompanied by the application fee prescribed under the Administration Act.

(4) The licensing authority may require an applicant to provide specified particulars (in writing) and documents relating to the application, and may refuse the application if they are not provided.