15   Transfer of licence to another licensee

(1)  A person who intends to take over the conduct of a private health facility may, with the consent of the licensee of the facility, apply to the Director-General to transfer the relevant licence from the licensee to the applicant.

(2)  Except as provided by subsection (4), the Director-General must, if the application is made in accordance with this section, transfer the licence to the applicant:

(a)  by an appropriate endorsement on the licence, or

(b)  by cancelling the licence and issuing a new licence in respect of the facility to the applicant.

(3)  An application under this section must:

(a)  be in a form approved by the Director-General, and

(b)  be accompanied by any fee and any particulars and documents prescribed by the regulations in relation to an application under this section in respect of that class of facility.

(4)  The Director-General may refuse an application under this section only if the Director-General is satisfied:

(a)  that the applicant, or any of the applicants, is not a fit and proper person to be a licensee or if the applicant is a corporation, a director or a person concerned in the management of the corporation is not a fit and proper person to be a licensee, or

(b)  that the proposed facility is not capable of being conducted by the applicant in accordance with the licensing standards.

(5)  The Director-General is to notify the applicant in writing if the Director-General approves an application.