Fire Safety Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3B · Alarm Monitoring Services
49. Application for grant or renewal of licence
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An application for the grant or renewal of a licence must be —
made to the licensing officer in the form or manner that the licensing officer requires; and
accompanied by —
the particulars, information and documents that the licensing officer requires; and
the prescribed fee, if any.
If a person intends to carry on the business of providing alarm monitoring services at more than one alarm monitoring station, a separate application must be made in respect of each alarm monitoring station.
alarm monitoring station
“alarm monitoring station” means any building at which an alarm monitoring service is carried out;
The licensing officer may, in order to properly consider an application under subsection (1), request the applicant to provide, within a specified time, any additional information.
licensing officer
“licensing officer” means the Commissioner or such other public officer that the Commissioner appoints, by name or office, to assist the Commissioner in carrying out the Commissioner’s functions and duties under this Part;
The licensing officer may refuse to consider an application relating to a proposed alarm monitoring service in the following circumstances:
alarm monitoring service
“alarm monitoring service” means the service consisting of monitoring signals from any alarm system installed in or for a building for the purpose of fire safety and for transmission to the Force;
the application is incomplete or otherwise not made in accordance with this section;
in the case of an application for the grant of a licence, the alarm monitoring system provided or to be provided by the applicant cannot be connected, or be converted to be connected, to the alarm monitoring network kept by the Force;
in the case of an application to renew a licence, the application is submitted less than 2 months before the expiry of the licence.[22I