New South Wales Consolidated Acts

YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 1973 - SECT 11

11 Application for licence

(1) A person who is, or intends to become, the proprietor of premises may apply to the Minister in writing and in or to the effect of the prescribed form for a licence:

(a) to enable the premises to be used as a residential centre for handicapped persons, and

(b) to authorise a person specified in the application to have the conduct of a residential centre for handicapped persons at the premises.

(2) When the Minister receives an application under subsection (1), the Minister shall cause an inquiry to be made with respect to the application by representatives from the Department and the Health Commission of New South Wales and a report on the application to be made and furnished to the Minister by an officer of the Department.

(3) A person shall not, in an application for a licence or in connection with an inquiry under subsection (2):

(a) make a statement, or

(b) furnish information,

that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty for an offence against this subsection: $500.