Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Grain Handling and Storage Act 1995 - SECT 25J

Transfer of licence

25J. Transfer of licence



(1) The holder of a licence may apply to the Commission for approval to
transfer the licence.

(2) An application must be in a form approved by the Commission and be
accompanied by such documents as may be required by the Commission.

(3) An application must be accompanied by the application fee (if any) fixed
by the Commission.

(4) The Commission must publish in a daily newspaper generally circulating in
Victoria a notice-

   (a)  specifying that an application for the transfer of the licence has
        been lodged with the Commission for the transfer by the holder to a
        proposed transferee specified in the notice; and

   (b)  inviting interested persons to make submissions to the Commission in
        respect of the application within the period and in the manner
        specified in the notice.

(5) Subject to this section, the Commission may approve, or refuse to approve,
the application for any reason it considers appropriate, having regard to the
objectives specified in section 14.

(6) The Commission must not approve the application unless the Commission is
satisfied that the proposed transferee has the capacity to comply with the
conditions of the licence.

(7) The Commission may decide that, upon the transfer of the licence under
this section, the conditions to which the licence is subject are varied as
decided by the Commission.

(8) Subject to this section, the Commission may decide the procedures that are
to apply in respect of the transfer of the licences.

(9) The Commission must notify an applicant in writing of its decision to
approve or refuse to approve the application and, in the case of a decision to
refuse to approve the application, of the reasons for its decision.



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