On 19/06/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 19/06/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 19/06/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 01/04/2003.
13.
—(1) An application for a licence required under section 11(1)(a) or 12(1) or a permit required under section 11(1)(b) shall be made to the Director-General in such form or manner as the Director-General may require and shall be accompanied by —
(a)
the prescribed fee;
(b)
such particulars, information and documents as may be specified by the Director-General; and
(c)
if required by the Director-General, a statutory declaration by the applicant verifying any information contained in or relating to the application.
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(2) On receipt of an application under subsection (1), the Director-General may —
(a)
grant the licence or permit applied for, with or without conditions; or
(b)
refuse to grant the licence or permit applied for.
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(3) Where the Director-General has refused to grant a licence or permit under subsection (2)(b), the Director-General shall, if required by the applicant, state in writing the reasons for his refusal.
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(4) In determining whether to grant or refuse to grant a licence required under section 11(1)(a) or 12(1), the Director-General shall have regard to —
(a)
the financial standing of the applicant and his ability to operate and maintain a slaughter-house, processing establishment or cold store, as the case may be, in accordance with the prescribed standards; and
(b)
the suitability of the premises to be licensed for use as a slaughter-house, processing establishment or cold store, as the case may be.
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(5) For the purpose of subsection (4), the Director-General, before granting the licence applied for, may —
(a)
require the applicant to produce to the Director-General evidence of his financial standing or to furnish a cash security deposit or a bank guarantee not exceeding the prescribed amount;
(b)
inspect the premises to be licensed, or cause such premises to be inspected by an authorised officer; and
(c)
require the applicant to make, at his own expense, such alteration or improvements to the premises to be licensed, or to provide, fix or install such facilities therein, as the Director-General may specify.
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(6) The Director-General may at any time vary or revoke any of the existing conditions imposed under subsection (2)(a) or impose new conditions.
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(7) Every licence or permit granted under this section —
(a)
shall be in such form as the Director-General may determine;
(b)
shall be valid for the period stated therein unless it is sooner revoked under section 14; and
(c)
in the case of a licence, may be renewed upon its expiry.
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(8) Subsections (1) to (7) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to an application for the renewal of a licence.