Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 8:

In page 11, subsection (2), between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:"(j) in the case of the renewal of a licence, the period within which an application for the renewal of the licence has to be made before the expiry of the existing licence;".

This amendment provides that the authority can specify in regulations under section 7 the period within which a renewal application has to be made before the licence expires. Amendment No. 9 is a minor drafting amendment.

Amendment No. 11 to section 9 provides that the licensing authority can determine the documentation, information and fees that constitute a complete application. It can also refuse to grant an application for renewal if such documentation, information or fees are not submitted within the prescribed period. This is a necessary provision which addresses the problem of incomplete licence renewal applications which can result in a licence continuing in force for a number of months until the licensing authority can successfully pursue the licence holder for the necessary accompanying documentation, information or fees.

Amendment No. 12 is a minor drafting amendment. Amendment No. 13 clarifies that an application under subsection (14) means an application that is complete with documentation, information and fees. Amendment No. 14 provides for the definitions of the terms "appropriate fee" and "tax clearance certificate" which are required under the section.