Single licence
31.—(1) Where a person is required by virtue of the provisions of this Act to obtain more than one licence, the person may apply to the Director‑General for a single licence to carry out the activities specified in the person’s application and the Director‑General may, if he or she thinks fit, grant or refuse to grant the single licence.
(2) If the holder of the licence is in breach of any restriction or condition subject to which it was granted or is in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act that may affect the licence, the Director‑General may instead of suspending, cancelling or revoking the single licence under section 32(2) —(a)
prohibit the licensee from carrying out one or more activities specified in the single licence; or
(b)
modify any condition subject to which the licence was granted.
General provisions on licences
32.—(1) The grant or renewal of any licence is at the discretion of the Director‑General.
(2) Any licence may be —(a)
granted, renewed or refused without giving any reason;
(b)
granted or renewed subject to any restrictions and conditions that the Director‑General thinks fit; or
(c)
suspended, cancelled or revoked at any time without compensation and without notice by the Director‑General upon breach of any restriction or condition subject to which it was granted or to any contravention of such of the provisions of this Act that may affect the licence.
(3) The Director-General may amend or delete any of the conditions imposed on any licence or impose additional conditions without giving any reasons and at any time during the validity period of the licence.
(4) An application for a licence must be made in such form and contain such particulars and information as the Director‑General may determine.
(5) The Director-General may require any applicant for a licence to furnish any information and evidence that he or she may reasonably require for a full and proper consideration of the application and, in the event of a refusal to furnish the information, must refuse to grant or renew the licence.
(6) Any person who wilfully furnishes any false information in any application for a licence shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and any licence granted is void and of no effect.
(7) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any licence may be for any period that the Director‑General thinks fit.
(8) There is to be charged in respect of any application for the grant, amendment or renewal of any licence, a fee (if any) that may be prescribed by the Agency, with the approval of the Minister.
(9) Where a licence is granted or renewed for a period of less than 12 months, the Director‑General may charge a proportionate fee therefor; and in so charging any part of a month is reckoned as one month.
(10) A licensee is not entitled to a refund of any fee paid by the licensee in respect of any licence.
(11) A person must not in any manner transfer any licence or permit any licence to be used by any other person without the written approval of the Director‑General.
(12) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person aggrieved by the refusal by the Director‑General to grant, amend or renew a licence or by the suspension or revocation by the Director‑General of any licence may, within 14 days of the refusal, suspension or revocation, appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.
(13) In this section, “licence” includes any approval, permit, permission, authority or authorisation which may be granted or renewed by the Director‑General under this Act, but excludes any certificate issued by the Director-General under Part 9A.[Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]
