Cap. 582 Art. 14Applications  for the issue of licences.

(1) No agency or public or private entities or any other entity or person that provides a social welfare service, shall provide a social welfare service unless there is in respect of such social welfare service a valid licence issued by the Authority.

(2) Where the public or private agencies or entities or any other entity or person intends to provide more than one social welfare service, or to provide the same kind of social welfare service but from different premises, separate application in respect of each social welfare service shall be made.

(3) The Authority may, at any time during the processing of the application, require the prospective service provider to provide any documents and information deemed necessary and shall visit the premises intended to be used for the provision of the social welfare service in order to make its assessment and ascertain whether the licence should be granted or not.