Fire Safety Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3B · Alarm Monitoring Services
50. Grant of licence
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After considering an application for the grant or renewal of a licence, the licensing officer may —
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;
grant the licence to carry on a business of providing alarm monitoring services, specifying the alarm monitoring station from which the service is or is to be carried out (called in this Part the licensed alarm monitoring station); or
refuse the application.
A person may be granted more than one licence.
The licensing officer may refuse to grant or renew a licence if any of the following applies:
the building specified in the application to be used as an alarm monitoring station is not suitable to be used as such;
the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold a licence;
it is not in the public interest to grant the licence.
For the purposes of determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold a licence under subsection (3)(b), the licensing officer may consider such criteria and requirements as may be prescribed, including criteria and requirements relating to —
any responsible officer of the applicant;
any person having substantial interest in, or control or direction over, the business of the applicant; or
any person having control of or direction over the applicant’s operations at the building to be used as an alarm monitoring station.
Any person whose application for the grant or renewal of a licence is refused may, within 14 days after being notified in writing of the refusal, appeal to the Minister.[22J