MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 14 Licence application

MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1993 - SECT 14

    (1)     A person may apply to the Authority for a licence to operate a meat processing facility.

    (2)     The application—

        (a)     must be in writing in a form approved by the Authority for applications of that kind; and

        (b)     must be accompanied by the appropriate fee fixed by the Authority; and

        (c)     must include—

              (i)     if the applicant is a corporation or if the applicants are members of a partnership, the name of the operator; and

S. 14(2)(c)(ii) amended by Nos 98/1997 s. 30(1), 6/2024 s. 47.

              (ii)     if the application relates to a declared facility, a proposed quality assurance program for the facilities to be covered by the licence; and

              (iii)     if the applicant nominates an operator in the application, evidence (addressing the matters in section 16) that the nominee is a fit and proper person to be an operator; and

              (iv)     evidence (addressing the matters in section 16) that the applicant is a fit and proper person to be granted a licence.

    (3)     If asked to do so by the Authority, the applicant must give the Authority any more information about the application that the Authority reasonably requires.