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FOOD SAFETY ORDINANCE :(b) must identify the main food categories and food classifications, as set out in Schedule 2, of all food to be imported by the business (for a food importer) or supplied by wholesale by the business (for a food distributor);
 * (c) must include or be accompanied by any documents or information reasonably required by the Director for the purpose of considering the application; and
 * (d) must be made in the manner specified by the Director.

(4) The Director may refuse to consider an application that does not comply with subsection (3).

8. Determination of application for registration

(1) The Director must decide whether to grant or refuse an application for registration under this Part.

(2) The Director may refuse an application if—
 * (a) the Director is satisfied that the applicant has repeatedly contravened this Ordinance in the period of 12 months immediately preceding the day on which the application was made;
 * (b) the applicant was previously registered under this Part in respect of the business and that registration was revoked in the period of 12 months immediately preceding the day on which the application was made; or
 * (c) in the case of an application on behalf of a partnership, the registration under this Part of any partner on behalf of the partnership in respect of the business was revoked in the period of 12 months immediately preceding the day on which the application was made.

(3) The Director must give written notice to the applicant of the Director’s decision on the application.

(4) If the Director refuses an application, the notice must include the reasons for refusal.

9. Registration

(1) If the Director grants an application for registration under this Part, the Director must register the applicant on payment of the registration fee specified in Schedule 3.

(2) On registration, the Director must assign a registration number and inform the applicant of that number.