Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If the holder of a manufacture licence has made an application for a manufacture permit, the Secretary must decide whether to grant, or refuse to grant, the permit.
(2) The Secretary may, subject to subsections (3) and (4), grant a manufacture permit if the Secretary considers it appropriate in all the circumstances to do so.
(3) The Secretary may refuse to grant a manufacture permit if the Secretary is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the holder of the manufacture licence to which the permit relates has breached a condition of the licence.
(4) The Secretary must refuse to grant a manufacture permit if:
(a) the application fee (if any) has not been paid; or
(aa) the Secretary is not satisfied on reasonable grounds that applicable standards have been or will be met, as the case requires; or
(ab) the Secretary is satisfied on reasonable grounds that one or more circumstances exist that are prescribed by the regulations as circumstances in which a permit must not be granted; or
(ac) the Secretary is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the application for the permit contains information, or information has been given by the applicant in relation to the application, that:
(i) is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(ii) omits any matter or thing without which the application is misleading in a material respect; or
(b) the applicant has not complied with a requirement under subsection 14J(1) (additional information) in relation to the application.
Note: The Secretary must have regard to any applicable guidelines (see subsection 26C(2)).