New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

EXHIBITED ANIMALS PROTECTION REGULATION 2005 - REG 10

10 Application for issue, renewal or variation of authority

(1) An application for the issue, renewal or variation of an authority (other than a licence to be issued under section 18 of the Act following an approval under that section) or for the transfer of a licence:

(a) must be made in writing in the form approved by the Director-General for the purposes of the application, and

(b) must be accompanied by any supporting documents referred to in the approved form and by the relevant fee or fees, and

(c) in the case of an application for renewal-must be lodged with the Director-General during the month of May that last precedes expiration of the authority.

(2) An application for a renewal of an authority that complies with subclause (1) operates to renew the authority unless:

(a) the Director-General notifies the holder of the authority that renewal of the authority has been refused, or

(b) the application has been deemed to be refused by operation of section 27 (4) of the Act.

(3) An application for renewal of an authority is not required and subclause (2) has effect as if such an application had been made in compliance with subclause (1) if:

(a) the authority first takes effect during May or June, and

(b) the fee or fees for renewal of the authority is or are paid before the next succeeding 1 July.

(4) The Director-General must not issue a licence unless:

(a) the applicant has, to the satisfaction of the Director-General, completed a course of study of a kind approved by the Director-General concerning the requirements of the Act and this Regulation, and

(b) the applicant understands, to the satisfaction of the Director-General, the requirements of the Act and this Regulation.

(5) An application is not required for a licence to be issued under section 18 (4) of the Act.