Police Licences (Procedures) Regulations, 2000

L.N. 93 of 2000

POLICE LICENCES ACT

(CAP. 128)

Police Licences (Procedures) Regulations, 2000

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Police

Licences Act, the Minister for Home Affairs, has made the following

regulations:-

(l) The title of these regulations is the Police Licences Citation and

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(P roce d ures ) R egu I atlOns,

2000. (2)

These regulations shall come into force on the 1st

June, 2000.

In these regulations, "licence" has the same meaning as is Interpretation.

given to it in section 2 of the Police Licences Act.

In processing an application for a licence the Commissioner Consultation by

of Police shall, where applicable, seek to request and obtain the views ~=~nerof

of Government departments or agencies for the purpose of :vernment

ascertaining whether there is any objection on their part to the ag=nts,

application and for prescribing, where necessary, the conditions

under which such licences or anyone or more classes thereof may

be granted, renewed, transferred or cancelled.

Government departments or agencies shall respond in Government

departments,

writing to the Commissioner of Police by not later than thirty days agencies to respond

from the date of receipt of such request by the Commissioner. In within time limit.

default, such government departments or agencies shall be deemed

not to object to the application.

Government departments or agencies may in special ~x~~iono~time

l1Intt m special

circumstances seek from the Commissioner of Police to obtain an circumstances.

extension of the time limit referred to in regulation 4 of these

regulations and if the Commissioner is satisfied that such request is.

justified he may grant an extension of not more than thirty days, or

such other period of extension as he may deem necessary in particular

cases after consulting the Department or agency concerned.

When an applicant for a licence fails to reply to a request for

information by the Commissioner of Police or by a government

department or agency or fails to comply with a condition imposed by

the Commissioner of Police or a government department or government

agency within a specified limit of time, his application shall be

considered as having been withdrawn and the Commissioner of Police

shall not in such circumstances take further cognisance of the said

application.