Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Wildlife Act 1975 - SECT 23

Secretary may refuse to grant licences in certain cases

23. Secretary may refuse to grant licences in certain cases



(1) The Secretary may refuse to grant any application for a licence referred
to in section 22 or to renew any such licence if the Secretary is satisfied
that-

   (a)  the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold the licence
        applied for;





   (b)  the premises specified in the application for grant or renewal as
        being the premises which is to house the wildlife in respect of which
        the licence is sought-

   (i)  are not suitable for housing the wildlife; or

   (ii) are premises in respect of which a licence has already been issued; or

   (iii) in the case of a private wildlife licence, are not premises at which
        the applicant resides;

   (c)  the issue of the licence would be deleterious to the welfare or
        conservation of any wild life or of any taxon of wildlife;





   (d)  the number of such licences in force ought to be limited; or

   (e)  the applicant has been found guilty of an offence against this Act or
        a corresponding previous enactment; or

   (f)  the applicant is already the holder of a wildlife licence; or

   (g)  the applicant has failed to comply with this Act, the regulations or
        the conditions of his or her licence.

(2) Upon application made in writing and upon payment of any additional
prescribed fees the Secretary may vary any licence in force under section 22
in any respect and as from the date of such variation the licence shall be
deemed to have been granted as so varied.





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