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16 Grant or renewal of licence

11.—(1) After considering an application for the grant of a licence, the Director may—
 * (a) on payment of a licence fee or renewal fee (if prescribed), grant the licence; or
 * (b) refuse to grant the licence.

(2) A person may be granted more than one licence, whether for the provision of the same or a different licensable healthcare service.

(3) In deciding whether a licence should be granted, the Director must have regard to, and give such weight as the Director considers appropriate to, all the following matters:
 * (a) whether the applicant is and, where necessary, the following persons are suitable persons to provide or be involved (as the case may be) in providing the licensable healthcare service to which the application relates:
 * (i) any key appointment holder of the applicant;
 * (ii) any person having a substantial interest in, or control of or direction over, the applicant’s business;
 * (iii) any person having control of or direction over the applicant’s operations at the premises or conveyance used, or to be used, to provide the licensable healthcare service;
 * (b) the suitability of every premises or conveyance (including the facilities and equipment in the premises or conveyance), and of every process or protocol, used or intended to be used for the provision of the licensable healthcare service;
 * (c) if the application relates to any special licensable healthcare service, whether the applicant is granted a licence to provide any licensable healthcare service prescribed as underlying to the special licensable healthcare service;