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Part 2Licences and certificates
Licences: how to get licensed

8Application for licence

  1. An applicant for a licence must be either an individual or a company.

  2. Every application must be—

  3. in a form approved by the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice after consultation with all Licensing Authorities; and
      1. accompanied by any prescribed fee.

        1. An application by an individual must be accompanied by a photograph of the applicant, authenticated in the required manner, and must include the following information:

        2. the applicant’s full name, residential address, and date of birth:
          1. the name under which the applicant engages in business:
            1. the street address of the principal place of business used by the applicant for business purposes (unless the applicant is or proposes to be an itinerant secondhand dealer) and the street address of every other place of business used by the applicant:
              1. the postal address (if any) used by the applicant for business purposes:
                1. if the individual is in partnership, the full name and date of birth of every partner in the partnership:
                  1. any other prescribed matters.

                    1. An application by a company must include the following information:

                    2. the applicant’s name:
                      1. the registered address of the company:
                        1. the street address of the principal place of business used by the applicant for business purposes (unless the applicant is or proposes to be an itinerant secondhand dealer) and the street address of every other place of business used by the applicant:
                          1. the full name and date of birth of every person concerned in the management of the company:
                            1. any other prescribed matters.

                              1. In subsection (3), required manner means the manner required under section 77AA.

                              Notes
                              • Section 8(2)(a): amended, on , by section 276(1) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                              • Section 8(2)(b): repealed, on , by section 276(2) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                              • Section 8(2)(c): amended, on , by section 276(3) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                              • Section 8(3): amended, on , by section 144(1) of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 74).
                              • Section 8(3): amended, on , by section 276(4) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                              • Section 8(5): inserted, on , by section 144(2) of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 74).