New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) On application being made to the Director-General in the prescribed manner, the Director- General may grant to the applicant a renewal of any licence held by the applicant under this Act, or may, if he thinks fit, refuse to grant a renewal of the licence.
(2) Sections 16, 17, and 18 of this Act shall apply to every application for the renewal of a licence as if it were an application for a new licence.
(3) In granting any renewal of a licence the Director-General may endorse the existing licence or he may issue a new licence instead thereof.
(4) Every application under this section shall be made at least 28 days before the expiry of the licence in accordance with section 16(4) of this Act, or within such further time as may be allowed by the Director-General in any particular case.
(5) The renewal of a licence shall, unless previously cancelled under this Act, or unless some earlier expiry date is fixed by the Director-General, take effect from the expiry of the licence in renewal of which it is granted, but any such renewal may be granted in advance to take effect as aforesaid.
(6) Where application for renewal of a licence is duly made under this section the licence shall, where the application is not disposed of before the date of expiry of the licence, continue in force until the application is disposed of.
(7) Subject to the provisions of section 23 of this Act, every decision of the Director-General on an application for renewal of a licence under this section shall be final.
Compare: 1949 No 42 s 19
Subsection (4) was substituted, as from 1 April 1982, by section 8(2) Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1981 (1981 No 90).