s 10 Validity and renewal of licence, etc.
10.—(1) Every licence granted under this Act is to be in a form that the Commissioner may determine. (2) Every licence granted or renewed under this Act continues in force for such period as may be specified in the licence (not exceeding 3 years), unless it is earlier revoked or suspended under section 14 or earlier terminated under section 20. (3) The Commissioner may, on the application of a licensed operator to renew the licensed operator’s licence —(a) grant a renewal of the licence on payment of a renewal fee or late renewal fee (if prescribed) with or without adding to, deleting from or varying conditions of the licence; or (b) refuse to renew the licence. (4) An application to renew a licence must be made no later than 3 months before the date of expiry of the licence (or any longer period that may be prescribed in substitution), unless otherwise allowed by the Commissioner in any particular case, which is to be treated as a late renewal application. (5) Sections 8 and 9 apply, with the necessary modifications, to every application to renew a licence as if the application is for a grant of the licence. (6) To avoid doubt —(a) a licence does not cease only by reason that the boarding premises to which it relates stops being a foreign employee dormitory; and (b) section 12 does not apply to or in relation to granting a renewal of a licence with additional, deleted or varied conditions of the licence.