Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2018

An application for the restoration of a licence must be made—

within 3 months of the expiry of the licence, or

within the further period determined by the Secretary on the application of the person seeking the restoration of the licence.

Without limiting subsection (1) (b), the Secretary may extend the period within which an application for the restoration of a licence may be made if the Secretary is satisfied that—

in a case where the applicant failed to apply for renewal before the licence expired—the failure to apply for renewal of the licence before it expired was due to inadvertence, or

it is just and equitable to restore the licence.

A licence that has been surrendered or cancelled must not be restored.

An application for the restoration of a licence must—

be made in the approved form (if any), and

be accompanied by the fee prescribed by the regulations, and

nominate a term of duration for the licence.

A licence restored at any time is taken to have been restored from the day on which the licence expired.

Subject to this section, this Act applies to an application for the restoration of a licence in the same way as it applies to an application for a licence.