the Authority may deem necessary.
11.
The holder of a licence shall display the licence at a conspicuous place at
his principal place of business.
12.
(1) The Authority may on an application, grant a licence for a period of 1
year, 5 years or 10 years as the case may be.
(2) A licence may, with the approval of the Authority and subject to such
conditions as the Authority may impose, be transferred to another person.
13.
Where the application is in respect of manufacturing of food products on
a small scale and the annual gross turnover does not exceed R20,000 the
Authority shall require the applicant to pay only a processing fee of R50.
14.
In such cases, Regulation 7 shall not apply and only the Ministry of
Health shall be consulted as to whether the premises and facilities meet with
Public Health requirements.
15.
(1) The Authority may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a licence to
manufacture where it has reasonable grounds to believe that the holder of the
licence (a) has made any misrepresentation or failed to disclose any
material fact in applying for the licence and thereby influenced
the Authority to grant the licence;
(b) has acted in contravention of the Act or these Regulations;
(c) has contravened any conditions of a licence;
(d) is incapable of carrying on the business of manufacturing as
authorised by the licence;
(e) having obtained a licence, has not carried on the business of
manufacturing for a continuous period of 6 months;
(f) the manager or any of the directors of the licence holder has
been convicted of an offence involving dishonesty, fraud or
moral turpitude;
(g) the goods or articles manufactured are of poor quality and
despite warnings the licence holder has failed to remedy matters.
(2) Where the Authority suspends, revokes or refuses renewal of a
licence, the Authority shall give the holder of the licence or applicant an
opportunity of making representations and, having considered such
representations, inform its decision to the holder or the applicant as the case may
be.
(3) Where a licence is suspended or revoked, the holder of the licence
shall cease to carry on the licensed activity whether an appeal against the
suspension or revocation of the licence has been preferred or not.