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(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Council may require the attendance before it of an applicant who is an individual or, in the case of an applicant which is a company, a representative of the company who is an individual authorized by the company to so attend, and may examine any individual who so attends.

23. Determination of application

(1) Subject to this section, upon receipt of an application for a licence, the Council shall, as soon as is practicable, by notice given to the applicant—

(a) grant a licence to the applicant—

(i) to carry on in the premises specified in the application (or such part of those premises as may be specified in the licence) the relevant activity specified in the application (or such part of that activity as may be specified in the licence); and

(ii) subject to such conditions, if any, as are specified in the licence; or

(b) refuse to grant a licence to the applicant.

(2) The Council shall not grant a licence to an applicant unless it is satisfied that—

(a) subject to subsection (3), the application concerned is—

(i) for a licence designating an individual, not being the applicant, as the person under whose supervision the relevant activity to be authorized by the licence is to be carried on; and

(ii) made with the consent of the individual;

(b) the applicant is a suitable person to hold the licence and that the applicant will discharge the duty under section 24(2);

(c) the individual referred to in paragraph (a)(i) has the prescribed qualifications, the character and experience of the individual are such as are required for the supervision of that activity and the individual will discharge the duty under section 24(1);

(d) the premises in respect of which the licence is to be granted are suitable for that activity;

(e) all other requirements of this Ordinance in relation to the granting of the licence are satisfied; and

(f) in all the circumstances, the applicant and the individual referred to in paragraph (a)(i), if the licence is granted, would be capable of complying with the requirements under this Ordinance with which it is their respective duty to comply.