52—Renewal of licence without application or on late application
(a1) If, before the
expiry of a licence under this Act—
(a) the
Minister sends to the licensee an invoice for payment of a fee for renewal of
the licence; and
(b) the
licensee pays the fee specified in the invoice,
the licensee will be taken to have applied for renewal of the licence and the
Minister may renew the licence for a term of 12 months or for such other
term as may have been specified in the invoice (and the conditions fixed in
relation to the renewed licence will be the conditions that were fixed in
relation to the licence immediately before renewal or such other conditions as
may have been specified in the invoice).
(a2) For the purposes
of subsection (a1), an invoice may specify a term of a licence or
conditions of a licence by referring to a website on which the terms or
conditions are published.
(1) If, on the expiry
of a licence under this Act, the licensee continues to exercise rights under
the licence as if the licence were still in force, the Minister may, of his or
her own initiative and without application by the licensee, renew the licence
for a term of 12 months or for such other term as the Minister, by
written notice, advises the licensee (and the conditions fixed by the Minister
in relation to the renewed licence, including any conditions relating to
licence fees, apply to the licensee as if the renewal had been made on the
application of the licensee).
(2) The Minister may
renew a licence on a late application despite the fact that the licence has
expired.
(3) A licence renewed
under this section has effect from the end of the term for which the licence
was previously granted or renewed.