New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CHILDREN'S SERVICES REGULATION 2004 - REG 21

21 Further licences

(1) A licensee who intends to continue to provide the children’s service to which the licence relates may apply for a further licence for that service in accordance with this clause.

(2) The application:

(a) is to be made at least 6 months before the expiry of the licence, and

(b) is to be made in the approved form.

(3) The application is to be accompanied by the information and documents required by clauses 9-18, except that:

(a) the application is not required to be accompanied by any of the documents referred to in clause 16 if:

(i) there have been no structural alterations to the premises to which the licence relates (including any fences) since the licence was granted, or

(ii) any such structural alterations have been approved in writing by the Director-General, and

(b) the application is not required to be accompanied by any information or documents referred to in clause 9 (2) (d)-(g), 10 (2) (a)-(e), 11 (3) (a), 12 (e) or (f) or 15 (1) (b) unless the relevant information (or the information contained in the relevant documents) that accompanied the initial application for the licence is no longer correct or accurate.

Note: The premises of a children’s service include each part of the premises.

(4) If an application for a further licence has not been determined by the Director-General by the time the licence expires:

(a) the application is taken to have been refused by the Director-General on the day that the licence expires, and

(b) if an application for a review of the refusal is made under clause 123, the licence remains in force until the application for review is finally dealt with.

Note: Clause 123 enables an applicant to apply for a review of a decision to refuse to grant a licence.