PART 6APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS
Statement to be issued by the Department19
1
The Department shall publish as occasion may require a statement known as “Applications and Decisions” which shall contain (unless previously notified)—
a
as regards the applications—
i
notices of the applications;
ii
the dates on which and the places at which it proposes to hold inquiries and the applications which it proposes to consider at those inquiries; and
iii
the Department’s decisions on applications, other than its decisions to issue an interim licence under section 21, or to make an interim direction under section 22;
b
any direction to revoke, suspend or curtail a licence given under section 23 or 24;
c
the dates on which and the places at which it proposes to hold any inquiries other than those mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(ii); and
d
any decision following a review under section 27.
2
The publication of the date of any inquiry in Applications and Decisions shall not prevent the Department from adjourning, cancelling or postponing the consideration of any application and in particular any inquiry held or proposed to be held in connection with the application.
3
Copies of Applications and Decisions may be inspected at an office specified by the Department and copies of the whole or the relevant parts thereof shall be supplied to any person requiring them on payment of such sum as the Department may require to cover the cost of supplying the copy.
Notification of decisions20
1
Subject to paragraph (2), where the Department grants or refuses an application, it shall send a written statement of its reason to —
a
the applicant;
b
every objector; and
c
every person who has made representation in accordance with section 11(4) or 18(2) or (4) and asked the Department for such a statement.
2
Paragraph (1) does not apply where—
a
the Department grants an application in the terms applied for; and
b
no objection or representation has been made in accordance with section 11(1) or (4) or 18(2) or (4).
3
Where the Department makes a direction under section 28 or 29, it shall send a written statement of its reasons to the licence-holder.