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(1)If, on an application for a licence under this Part made in accordance with section 14, the Council is satisfied—
(a)that the applicant has complied with such rules under section 13 (if any) as are applicable in his case; and
(b)that he has made adequate arrangements for the purpose of complying with any rules made under or for the purposes of section 21(1); and
(c)that he is a fit and proper person to practise as a licensed conveyancer or, in the case of an applicant in relation to whom section 16 has effect, that he is a fit and proper person to practise as such a conveyancer subject to his complying with any particular conditions that may be imposed under that section,
the Council shall issue the applicant either with a licence free of conditions or with a licence subject to such conditions as aforesaid, as the case may require.
(2)If the Council is for any reason not so satisfied it shall refuse the application, and shall notify the applicant of the refusal of the application and of the grounds on which it has been refused.
(3)Where—
(a)an application for a licence has been made in accordance with section 14; and
(b)the Council has within the period of [F142] days beginning with the date when the application was received by the Council neither issued a licence in pursuance of the application nor refused the application under subsection (2),
then, for the purposes of this Part, the application shall be deemed to have been so refused by the Council, and the applicant shall be deemed to have been notified of the refusal at the end of the said period.
(4)Subject to the provisions of this Part, the period for which a licence shall be in force under this Part shall be [F2such period, beginning with the date of issue of the licence, as may be specified in the licence.]
(5)Where—
(a)an application for a licence is made in accordance with section 14 by a person who, at the date of the application, already holds a licence under this Part; and
(b)no new licence is issued to him in pursuance of the application before the time when his existing licence would, apart from this subsection, expire in accordance with subsection (4),
his existing licence shall not expire at that time but shall continue in force until a new licence is issued to him in pursuance of the application or, if the application is refused by the Council—
(i)until the end of the period within which an appeal may be brought against the refusal under section 29(1)(a); or
(ii)if such an appeal is brought, until the appeal is determined or abandoned.
(6)Where an applicant for a licence under this Part has held such a licence at any time within the period of twelve months ending with the date of his application, any licence granted to him in pursuance of the application shall, unless the Council directs otherwise, be deemed to have been issued on the day following the date when his previous licence expired in accordance with subsection (4) (or would have so expired but for subsection (5)) and accordingly to have been held by him as from that day.
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Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 15(3)(b) substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 182, 211, Sch. 17 para. 4(2) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(c)(i)
F2Words in s. 15(4) substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 182, 211, Sch. 17 para. 4(3) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(c)(i)
F3S. 15(7)(8) repealed (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 182, 210, 211, Sch. 17 para. 4(4), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(c)(i)(f)(v)(aa)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 15(3)-(6) applied (with modifications) (1.4.1991 for certain purposes, otherwise 7.12.2004) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), ss. 53, 124, Sch. 8 para. 4(3) (with s. 59(1)); S.I. 1991/608, art. 2, Sch; S.I. 2004/2950, art. 2(a)
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