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MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
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(a) relating to the operation and operating hours of the establishment for massage;
(b) relating to the conduct of the employees of the licensee; and
(c) requiring the licensee to notify the Licensing Officer if there is a change in any of the particulars in the licence.

Modification of conditions of licence

10.—(1) The Licensing Officer may modify the conditions of a licence in accordance with this section without compensating the licensee to whom the licence is granted.

(2) Before modifying any conditions of a licence, the Licensing Officer must give notice to the licensee concerned—

(a) stating that the Licensing Officer proposes to make the modification in the manner as specified in the notice; and
(b) specifying the time within which the licensee may make written representations to the Licensing Officer with respect to the proposed modification.

(3) The time specified by the Licensing Officer in the notice given under subsection (2) must not be less than 14 days after the date of the notice.

(4) Despite subsection (3), the Licensing Officer may specify a time, being less than 14 days after the date of the notice mentioned in subsection (2), if—

(a) the Licensing Officer is of the opinion that it is in the public interest for the licence conditions to be modified as soon as possible; or
(b) the licensee is contravening, or has contravened, any requirement of the Act.

(5) Upon receiving any written representation from the licensee concerned, the Licensing Officer must consider that representation and may—

(a) reject the representation;