(1) Subject to this
section, a licensee under a licence to which section 53(1)(a) or (b) or (3)
applies may, from time to time, make an application to the Minister for the
renewal of the licence.
(2) An application for
the renewal of the licence —
[(a) deleted]
(b)
subject to subsection (3), shall be made in an approved manner not less than 6
months before the day on which the licence ceases to be in force; and
(c)
shall be accompanied by particulars of the proposals of the licensee for work
and expenditure in respect of the licence area; and
(d)
shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(3) The Minister may,
for reasons that he thinks sufficient, receive an application for the renewal
of the licence less than 6 months before, but not in any case after, the day
on which the licence ceases to be in force.
(4) If —
(a) a
licence under section 51A (the relevant licence ) is granted; and
(b) the
Commonwealth licence that ceases to be in force, as mentioned in
section 51A(3)(b) or (4)(b), was granted otherwise than by way of renewal,
an application must
not be made for the renewal of the relevant licence if the Minister has
previously granted a renewal of the licence.
(5) If —
(a) a
licence under section 51A (the relevant licence ) is granted; and
(b) the
Commonwealth licence that ceases to be in force, as mentioned in
section 51A(3)(b) or (4)(b), was granted by way of renewal,
an application must
not be made for the renewal of the relevant licence.
[Section 54 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 187; No. 42
of 2010 s. 109; No. 7 of 2017 s. 45.]