Grant of liquor licence, etc.
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Open ↗8.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), upon application for a liquor licence, the Licensing Officer may grant the applicant the liquor licence, or renew the liquor licence, as the case may be. (2) The Licensing Officer must not grant or renew a liquor licence if the Licensing Officer is satisfied that —(a) the applicant is not a fit and proper person to be granted the liquor licence or renewal; or (b) the premises at which the applicant proposes to supply liquor is in a location not suitable for that supply. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a), the Licensing Officer may —(a) require that the applicant satisfy the criteria and requirements that the Licensing Officer publishes on a prescribed website (including criteria and requirements relating to any responsible officer of the applicant and any person having substantial interest in, or control or direction over, the business of the applicant); and (b) publish different criteria or requirements for different classes of applicants. (4) The Licensing Officer may, in granting or renewing a liquor licence, impose any restrictions and conditions that the Licensing Officer thinks fit. (5) The Licensing Officer may, at any time after the grant or renewal of a liquor licence, and without compensation —(a) remove or modify any restriction or condition imposed on the liquor licence at the time of the grant or renewal; or (b) add any new restriction or condition to the liquor licence. (6) The Licensing Officer must, before proceeding under subsection (5), give the licensee —(a) written notice of the Licensing Officer’s intention to so proceed; and (b) an opportunity to be heard, within a reasonable time specified in the notice, as to why the removal, modification or addition (as the case may be) should not be proceeded with.