(1) The licensee may apply for the renewal of an individual licence not later than sixty days before its expiry.

 

(2) The renewal fee, to be decided upon by the Minister, shall be payable upon approval of the application.

 

(3) The application for the renewal of an individual licence shall be granted by the Minister unless the Minister, on the recommendation of the Commission, determines that the licensee—

 

(a) has failed to comply with the terms and conditions of the individual licence;

 

(b) has failed to comply with the provisions of this Act; or 

 

(c) has failed to comply with any instrument issued, made or given by the Minister or the Commission.
 

(4) If the Minister has no intention of renewing the individual licence, the Commission shall—
 

 

(a) inform the licensee by written notice, as soon as practicable, of his refusal to renew the individual licence; and

 

(b) notify and publish, at least thirty days before the expiry of the individual licence, such intention in at least one national language and one English language national daily newspapers for at least three consecutive days.
 

(5) The affected licensee shall be given a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions to the Minister within a time period specified in the notice and such time period shall not be less than fourteen days.

 

(6) The affected licensee may, within the time period specified in the notice, submit a written submission and the Minister shall consider the submission.

[Am. Act A1220.]