A 306
2003 No. 19
Communications
(4) All applications for individual licences shall be subject to payment of
processing fees in such amount as the Commission may from time to time specify
(5) An application under this section may be withdrawn at any time before
it is granted or refused.
Additional
information.
40.—(1) The Commission may at any time after the application for an individual
licence is made, request the applicant to give to the Commission, within the period
specified in the request, further information in support of the application.
(2) If any additional information or document required under Subsection (1)
of this section is not provided by the applicant within the time specified in the request
or any extension of time granted by the Commission, the application shall be deemed
to be withdrawn and shall not be further proceeded with, but without affecting the
right of the applicant to make a fresh application.
Processing of
applications.
41.—(1) The Commission shall, within 90 days of receiving an application for
an individual licence under this Chapter, that is not the subject of a competitive bid
process, howsoever called or designed, inform the applicant by written notice.
(a) whether or not the individual licence has been granted ;
(b) in the event of a grant, of any special or additional conditions that apply
to the licence ; and
(c) in the event that the application has been refused, the reasons for the refusal.
(2) If the Commission neither grants nor refuses to grant an individual licence
within 90 days from the receipt of an application, the Commission shall be deemed,
at the end of the period, to have refused to grant the individual licence unless the
applicant receives a written notice approving the application for the individual
licence after the period.
Licence
undertakings.
42.—(1) The grant of certain individual licences may be conditional on the
registration of undertakings by a prospective licensee.
(2) The Commission may, in granting individual licences, declare specified
benefits only for licensees who have current registered undertakings under this section.
Renewal of
individual
licence.
43.—(1) The licensee may apply for the renewal of an individual licence
not later than 6 months’ before its expiry and the renewal fee to be determined by
the Commission shall be payable upon approval of the application.
(2) If the Commission has no intention of renewing the individual licence,
the Commission shall—
(a) inform the licensee by written notice not later than 3 months from the
date of receipt of the renewal application from the licensee, of its refutal to renew
the individual licence ; and
(b) notify and publish, at least 30 days before the expiry of the individual
licence such intention in at least one national daily newspaper.
(3) The Commission may refuse an application for the renewal of an
individual licence if the Commission determines that the licensee has—