Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) For the purpose of hearing an objection of which notice has been lodged under section 44(4), a court of petty sessions is to be constituted by a magistrate.
(2) The person proposing to carry on the prescribed business is entitled to be heard and to adduce evidence on the hearing of the objection.
(3) Where, on the hearing of the objection, the court is of opinion that it is not in the public interest that the person should carry on the prescribed business, the court may, by order, prohibit that person from carrying on the prescribed business for such period as the court thinks fit.
(4) Service of an order made under subsection (3) is to be effected on a person referred to in subsection (2) in the same way as service of a summons under the Justices Act 1959.