(1) Every licence except the licences granted for a specific period not exceeding one year, shall be renewable for a maximum period of five financial years ending on the 31st March.
(2) Every application under sub-rule (1) for renewal of the licence shall be accompanied by the following documents, namely :—
(a) application in Form RE- 1;
(b) the original licence;
(c) prescribed renewal fee.
(3) A licence may be renewed by the authority empowered to grant such licence :
Provided that a licence which has been granted by the Chief Controller may be renewed without any alteration by a Controller duly authorised by the Chief Controller in this behalf:
Provided further that a licence, which has been granted by the District Magistrate, may be renewed without any alteration by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate or an Executive Magistrate duly authorised by the District Magistrate in this behalf.
(4) Every application for the renewal of a licence shall be made so as to reach the licensing authority or the authority empowered to renew the licence on or before the date on which the licence expires.
(5) If the application for renewal reaches the renewing or licensing authority on or before the date of expiry, the licence shall be deemed to be in force until such date as the licensing authority renews the licence or until an intimation that the renewal of the licence is refused has been communicated to the applicant.
(6) The same fee shall be charged for the renewal of a licence for each year as for grant thereof:
Provided that if the renewal application together with complete documents is received by the licensing authority after the date of expiry but not later than six months from the date of expiry; and if the licensing authority is satisfied that such delay is beyond the control of the licensee, the licence may, without prejudice to any other action that may be taken in this behalf, be renewed on payment of penalty fee which is equal to one year's licence fee.
(7) In case of an application for the renewal of the licence for a period of more than one year at a time, the fee prescribed under proviso of sub-rule (6), if payable, shall be paid only for the first financial year of renewal.
(8) Every licence granted under these rules other than a licence granted for a specified period shall be renewable for a maximum period of five years where there has been no contravention of the Act or these rules framed there under or of any condition of the licence so renewed.
(9) Where a licence renewed for more than one financial year is surrendered before its expiry, the renewal fee paid for the unexpired portion of the licence shall be refunded to the licensee:
Provided that no refund of renewal fee shall be made for any financial year during which-
(a) the licensing authority received the renewed licence for surrender;
(b) any explosive is received or stored on the authority of the licence.
(10) No licence shall be renewed if the application for renewal is received by the licensing or renewing authority after three months of the date of its expiry. An application for revalidation received after three months of the expiration of the licence shall be considered as an application for a new licence.
(11) When a licence is renewed by the Chief Controller or a Controller, an intimation to that effect shall be sent to the District Magistrate concerned and when a licence is renewed by the District Magistrate, intimation to that effect shall be sent to the Controller having jurisdiction.
190 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] Sl. Purpose of Licence Article Licence Documents required for Documents required for grant No. number as Form approval of licence per Part I of Schedule IV 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Licence to 1(a) LE-1 (i) Form AE-1; (i) Form AE-1;
manufacture (ii) Plans of the proposed (ii) Plans of the proposed fireworks or buildings or sheds and the site (buildings or sheds and the site gunpowder or showing approach road to the showing approach road to the both not exceeding factory, all buildings in and factory, all buildings in and 15 kilogrammes around, and safety distances around, and safety distances at any one time. maintained; maintained;
(iii) Particulars of competent (iii) Particulars of competent persons and their experience in persons and their experience in related fields; related fields;
(iv) Passport size photographs of (iv) Passport size photographs of the occupier alongwith docu- the occupier alongwith documentary evidence of nomination mentary evidence of nomination as occupier as per rule 2; as occupier as per rule 2;
(v) Scrutiny fee as per Schedule (v) Completion certificate;
IV, part-2. (vi) Indemnity bond in CE-3;
(vii) Licence fee as per Schedule IV, part-2.
2. Licence to 1(b) LE-1 (i) Form AE-1 and additional (i) Form AE-1 and additional manufacture information like details of information like details of fireworks or process; process;
gunpowder (ii) Plans of the proposed (ii) Plans of the completed or both exceeding 15 buildings and the site showing buildings and the site showing kilogrammes but not approach road net work to the approach road net work to the exceeding 500 factory or premises; all buildings, factory or premises; all buildings, kilogrammes at any blast wall, safety distances, blast wall, safety distances, one time. plant, equipment, explosives plant, equipment, explosives limit, man limit; limit, man limit;
(iii) Distance form DE-1; (iii) Distance form DE-1;
(iv) Particulars of competent (iv) Particulars of competent technical persons or foreman and technical persons or foreman and their experience in related fields; their experience in related fields;
(v) Passport size photographs of (v) No objection certificate the occupier alongwith docu- alongwith approved plan from mentary evidence of nomination competent issuing authority;
as occupier as per rule 2; (vi) Completion certificate;
(vi) Scrutiny fee as per Schedule (vii) Passport size photographs IV, part-2. of the occupier alongwith documentary evidence of nomination as occupier as per rule 2;
(viii) Indemnity bond in CE-3;
(ix) Licence fee as per Schedule IV, part-2.