(d) the premises concerned are not or will not be suitable for the trade or business concerned, whether in
relation to any requirement of any enactment relating to health, or in relation to the size, nature, construction, lighting, ventilation, accommodation or in any other respect, including the absence or inadequacy of provision—
(i) for protection against rodents, vermin and contamination by flies; or
(ii) for ensuring in case of fire, the safety of the public and employees by means of fire-fighting
apparatus, emergency exits or otherwise;
(e) no or inadequate provision has been or will be made to ensure cleanliness and the compliance with the
requirements of any enactment relating to health, whether in respect of any person, premises, vehicle,
container, vessel or in any other respect;
(f) no or inadequate provision has been or will be made to prevent any nuisance which may arise as a result
of smoke, dust, fumes, gas, smell, noise, vibration or pollution caused or likely to be caused by the trade
or business concerned or to ensure the safety of the public and employees;
(g) the locality or environment of the premises concerned is unsuitable for the nature of the trade or business concerned on account of fire-hazard, conditions relating to traffic control, parking facilities or the
supply of water, electricity or sanitation;
(h) subject to subsection (2) of section 24 of the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act [Cha pter 29:12], the use or occupation by the applicant of the premises concerned for the trade or business
concerned is or will be contrary to any approved scheme, operative regional plan, operative master plan
or operative local plan as defined in that Act;
(i) in the case of a licence required for premises which are not situated in an area to which any scheme or
plan referred to in paragraph (h) relates, the proposed trade or business concerned will be detrimental to
the religious, educational, health, residential, commercial or cultural amenities of the neighbourhood;
(j) it is necessary for the person who is, or who will be, in actual and effective control of the trade or business concerned to be able to speak, read or write English or a vernacular language and he is unable to do
so.
(3) When considering an application for the issue of a new licence a licensing authority shall—
(a) not have regard to the fact or possibility that there is already or will be within the particular neighbourhood or at the particular place where the applicant intends carrying on the trade or business concerned, a
sufficient number of persons carrying on trade or business with one or more classes of goods in which
the applicant intends to carry on trade or business; or
(b) not have regard to the lack of trade or business qualifications, training or experience of the applicant, his
employee or agent.
(4) If a licensing authority has refused an application for the issue of a new licence, no further application by
the same applicant for the same type of trade or business and, where applicable, in respect of the same premises,
shall be made within a period of six months from the date of such refusal unless the ground for the refusal has in
the meantime been removed.
(5) A licensing authority shall—
(a) determine an application for a new licence within forty-five days of the day for which notice in terms of
section fourteen has been given unless, at the request of the applicant, the hearing or determination of
the application has been postponed for any longer period;
(b) as soon as possible after its decision on an application for the issue of a new licence, notify in writing
the applicant and each or any objector, as the case may be, of such decision and the date thereof;
(c) upon the application by an applicant or objector which is accompanied by the prescribed fee, as soon as
possible, furnish such applicant or objector with the reasons in writing for its decision.
(6) The granting of any application for the issue of a new licence in terms of this Part shall not relieve the
applicant from compliance with any other law relating to the carrying on of the trade or business concerned.
21 Issue of licence
(1) Subject to section twenty-two, where a licensing authority has granted an application for the issue of a
new licence the licensing authority shall, upon the payment of the appropriate licence fee and any penalty which
may be payable, issue the applicant concerned with a licence.
(2) A licensing authority shall issue a separate licence in respect of each shop, store or other fixed place of
business:
Provided that, where the trade or business concerned is carried on by the same person in several shops, stores
or other fixed places of business—
(a) on adjoining portions of the same premises separated only by walls or floors; or
(b) on portions of the same stand which is owned or leased by him;
only one licence shall be issued in respect of that trade or business.