(1) A licensee may apply to the chief executive for the renewal of an
unrestricted licence before the licence ends.
(1A) If, before or when the
application is made, the chief executive requires the payment of costs under
section 12AA(1) , the application must be accompanied by the amount of the
costs required to be paid.
(2) If an application for renewal of an
unrestricted licence is made, the chief executive must renew the licence
unless the chief executive refuses to renew it under section 22or 28(2) .
(2A) Despite subsection (2) , but without limiting section 22, if either of
the following has been charged with a disqualifying offence, the chief
executive may defer making a decision to renew or to refuse to renew the
unrestricted licence until the end of the proceeding for the charge—
(a) the
applicant;
(b) another person required to be an appropriate person for the
grant of the unrestricted licence.
(3) A renewal begins at the end of the day
on which, apart from its renewal, the unrestricted licence would have ended.
(4) A renewal is for the term, of 1 year or 3 years, specified in the renewed
licence.
(5) If an application is made under subsection (1) for the renewal
of an unrestricted licence and the chief executive has not, before the licence
ends, decided whether to renew the licence, the licence is taken to continue
in force until the day—
(a) the chief executive renews, or refuses to renew,
the licence; or
(b) the licensee withdraws the application for renewal.
(6)
A requirement mentioned in subsection (1A) is sufficiently made of the
applicant if it is made generally of applicants in the approved form or
notified on the department’s web site.
(7) An application for renewal of an
unrestricted licence may be considered by the chief executive only if each
relevant person for the application is agreeable to having his or her
fingerprints taken by the Commissioner under section 27, unless the
Commissioner already holds the relevant person’s fingerprints taken under
section 27.
(8) If a regulation prescribes a fee for taking a relevant
person’s fingerprints under section 27, the application must be accompanied
by the fee for each relevant person for the application.
(9) However,
subsection (8) does not apply if the Commissioner already holds the relevant
person’s fingerprints taken under section 27.
(10) If a relevant
person’s fingerprints are not taken under section 27for the application,
the chief executive must refund to the applicant any fee paid under subsection
(8) for the relevant person for the application.
