Excise Act, 2001

Marginal note:Refusal to issue licence or registration

• 23 (1) The Minister may, for any reason the Minister considers sufficient in the public interest, refuse to issue a licence or registration.

• Marginal note:Amendment or renewal

  (2) Subject to the regulations, the Minister may amend, suspend, renew, cancel or reinstate any licence or registration.

• Marginal note:Conditions imposed by Minister

  (3) On issuing a licence or registration, or at any later time, the Minister

  • (a) may, subject to the regulations, specify the activities that may be carried on under the licence or registration and the premises where those activities may be carried on;

  • (b) shall, in the case of a spirits licence or a tobacco licence, require security in a form satisfactory to the Minister and in an amount determined in accordance with the regulations; and

  • (c) may impose any other conditions that the Minister considers appropriate with respect to the carrying on of activities under the licence or registration.