8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the fee to be paid on application for the grant of a licence is prescribed as £245.
(2) Where a licensee is granted a licence (licence B) at any time when a previous licence granted to him (licence A) remains valid for a period of at least four months, the licensee may apply for a refund of 50% of the licence fee payable on application for licence B where the conditions specified in paragraph (3) are satisfied.
(3) The conditions specified for the purposes of this paragraph are—
(a)no refund under paragraph (2) has previously been granted to the licensee in respect of the application for licence A;
(b)licence B does not relate to any activities to which paragraph 3 or 3A of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act applies; and
(c)licence B does not relate to the same category of licensable activity as licence A.