LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 51

LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 51

51—Form of applications

        (1)         An application to a licensing authority—

            (a)         must be made in a manner and form approved by the Commissioner; and

            (b)         must be accompanied by the plans and specifications required under the regulations and any documents or material required by the Commissioner; and

            (c)         if a time limitation is prescribed by the regulations—must be made within the prescribed time; and

            (d)         must be accompanied by the fee required under the regulations.

        (2)         An applicant or other person who makes a false or deliberately misleading statement in, or in support of, an application is guilty of an offence.

        (3)         A licensing authority may allow an applicant to vary the application at any time before the application is decided.

        (4)         If a licensing authority allows variation of an application, the authority must ensure that the other parties to the application and any person who made written submissions in relation to the application are given notice of the variation a reasonable time before the hearing or determination of the application.

        (5)         An applicant must, at the request of the licensing authority, produce any document or material, or any other information, that the authority considers relevant to the application.