Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00179:section:47
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00179
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 47
Character Range: 85735–87174

47  Extending the term of a commercial licence
 (1) The licensing scheme may provide for the following:
 (a) the holder of a commercial licence to apply to the Minister to extend the end day of the licence;
 (b) procedures for the Minister to decide whether or not to grant such an extension;
 (c) such an extension to be granted in respect of the whole licence area, or a part of the licence area (as long as this does not result in the part of the licence area that has not reached the end day being non‑continuous);
 (d) more than one such extension to be granted in respect of a particular licence.
Note 1: If the declaration that applies to the licence area has been varied, the variation may affect an extension of the end day of the licence (see section 23).
Note 2: For review of decisions, see section 297.
 (2) An application under provisions of the licensing scheme made for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) may only be made at least 5 years before the end day of the licence.
 (3) An extension must not result in the end day of a commercial licence being later than the day after the end of 40 years after the extension is made.
 (4) An extension must not apply to any part of a licence area that is not a declared area at the time the extension is granted.
 (5) If an extension results in there being different end days for different parts of a licence area, subsection 46(4) applies separately in respect of each such part.