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Rh (4) Different application fees may be prescribed in respect of different types of amendments to a licence.

(5) In deciding whether an application under subsection (1) should be granted, the Director must have regard to, and give such weight as the Director considers appropriate to, the matters mentioned in section 11(3).

(6) The Director may, when granting approval for an application for an amendment of a licence, modify any of the conditions of the licence as the Director considers appropriate without compensating the licensee concerned, but section 14(2), (3) and (4) does not apply to or in relation to these modifications to the conditions of the licence.

(7) Upon approval of an application for an amendment of a licence, the Director must issue to the licensee a duly amended licence which replaces the original licence.

Restriction on transfer of licence

16.—(1) A licence, and any rights, benefits or privileges under the licence, are not transferable or assignable to any other person unless—
 * (a) the licence contains a condition authorising the transfer or assignment; and
 * (b) the Director consents in writing to the transfer or assignment.

(2) Any consent under subsection (1) may be given subject to compliance with any conditions that the Director thinks fit to impose, which may include conditions modifying, or requiring or otherwise providing for the making of modifications to, the conditions of the licence, but section 14(2), (3) and (4) does not apply to or in relation to these modifications to the conditions of the licence.

(3) A transfer or an assignment, or a purported transfer or assignment, of a licence, or of any rights, benefits or privileges under the licence, is void and of no effect—
 * (a) if the licence is not capable of transfer or assignment;