| (1) |
When application is made for a licence the Regulator may require that the applicant publish a notice of the application in appropriate newspapers or other appropriate media circulating in the area of the proposed activity in at least two official languages. |
| (2) |
The advertisement must state— |
| (a) |
the name of the applicant; |
| (b) |
the objectives of the applicant; |
| (c) |
the place where the application will be available for inspection by any member of the public; |
| (d) |
the period within which any objections to the issue of the licence may be lodged with the Regulator; |
| (e) |
the address of the Regulator where any objections may be lodged; |
| (f) |
that objections must be substantiated by way of an affidavit or solemn declaration; and |
| (g) |
such other particulars as may be prescribed. |
| (3) |
The advertisement contemplated in subsection (1) must be published for such period or in such number of issues of a newspaper as may be prescribe. |
| (4) |
The Regulator must consider objections to the application contemplated in subsection (1) and make its decision available to the public together with its reasons for such decision. |
[Section 11, previously section 12, renumbered by section 16(b) of Act No. 28 of 2007]
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