Whale Fisheries Act, 1937

Applications for licences.

6.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any person may apply to the Minister for a licence under this Act.

(2) Every application for a licence shall be in such form and contain such particulars as the Minister may require.

(3) The following additional provisions shall have effect in relation to an application for a shore factory licence, that is to say:—

(a) the intending applicant shall at least two months before making his application publish a notice, in such form as the Minister may require, of his intention to make such application in such newspaper or newspapers as the Minister shall direct,

(b) each of the following persons may, within twenty-one days after the publication of such notice, send a statement in writing to the Minister objecting to the grant of such licence and stating the grounds on which the objection is based, that is to say:—

(i) the council of the county or county borough within which it is proposed to establish the factory,

(ii) the board of health of the county health district within which it is proposed to establish the factory,

(iii) any other person interested.