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Part 2Licences and certificates
Certificates: how to get them

21Application for certificate

  1. An application for a certificate must—

  2. be made to a Licensing Authority on a form approved by the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice after consultation with all Licensing Authorities; and
    1. be accompanied by a photograph of the applicant, authenticated in the manner required under section 77AA; and
        1. be accompanied by any prescribed fee.

          1. The approved form must, without limitation, require the following information to be supplied:

          2. the applicant’s full name and date of birth:
            1. the applicant’s contact address and prescribed contact details:
              1. any other prescribed information.

                1. On receipt of an application, a Licensing Authority may make whatever inquiries he or she considers necessary in order to determine whether or not the applicant is disqualified from holding a certificate.

                Notes
                • Section 21(1)(a): replaced, on , by section 281(1) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                • Section 21(1)(b): amended, on , by section 145 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 74).
                • Section 21(1)(b): amended, on , by section 281(2) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                • Section 21(1)(c): repealed, on , by section 281(3) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                • Section 21(1)(d): amended, on , by section 281(4) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                • Section 21(2): amended, on , by section 281(5) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                • Section 21(3): amended, on , by section 304 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).