New Zealand Legislation: Acts

25 Hearing of application for licence

• (1) Except as provided in section 24 of this Act, the Registrar shall fix a time and place for the hearing of an application for a licence, and shall give not less than 14 clear days' notice of the hearing to—

  • (a) The applicant; and

  • (b) Every person who has filed a notice of objection to the grant of the application in accordance with section 22 or section 23 of this Act.

  (2) At the hearing, the applicant and every objector shall be entitled to appear and to be heard, and to call evidence, and to cross-examine, and re-examine witnesses.

  (3) The applicant or any objector may conduct his case personally or may be represented by counsel.

  (4) The Registrar may from time to time adjourn the hearing to a future time and place fixed by him.