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Part 2Licences and certificates
Licences: how to get licensed

15Expiry and renewal of licences

  1. Unless cancelled earlier, a licence expires—

  2. in the case of a licence issued to a certificate holder, or to a company in which only one person is concerned in the management and that person holds a certificate, 5 years from the date on which the certificate was issued; and
    1. in any other case, 5 years from the date on which the licence was issued.

      1. A licence may be renewed.

      2. Despite subsection (1), if an application for renewal of a licence is made before the expiry of the licence, the licence continues in force until the application for renewal is determined.

      3. Sections 8 to 12 apply to an application for renewal of a licence as if the application were an application for a licence.

      4. A renewed licence is to be treated for all purposes as a new licence issued under section 9 or section 10, as applicable.

      5. A licence holder may, at any time, return his or her licence to a Licensing Authority, in which case the licence expires on the date on which the licence (and all certified copies) are received by the Licensing Authority.

      Compare
      • 1908 No 141 s 4(3)
      • 1963 No 10 s 9
      Notes
      • Section 15(6): amended, on , by section 278 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).