Section 30: Variation or revocation of or refusal to renew tourist enterprise licence

30. Variation or revocation of or refusal to renew tourist enterprise licence (1) The Authority may vary, revoke, or refuse to renew a tourist enterprise licence where— (a) any information given to it by the licensee for the purpose of obtaining the issue of the licence is false in any material particular; (b) the licensee, without lawful excuse, fails to— (i) comply with a requirement of this Act, any regulations made under it or standard, guideline, code of practice or direction issued by the Authority under the Act or regulations made under it; or T11 – 18 (1) [Issue 9] Tourism Authority Act (ii) pay any fee or charge levied in accordance with this Act or any regulations made under it; (c) the licensee is convicted of an offence under this Act or any regulations made under it; (d) the licensee has acted in a dishonourable, improper, fraudulent, dishonest, disorderly, or immoral manner, or is engaging in a violent conduct on the premises to which the licence relates; (e) the licensee ceases to occupy or manage the premises to which the licence relates; (f) the premises to which the licence relates cease to be suitable for the purpose for which it was licensed; continued on page T11 – 19 [Issue 9] T11 – 18 (2) Revised Laws of Mauritius (g) in the case of a body corporate, any director, manager, majority shareholder or officer has been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty; (h) in the case of a société, a majority partner has been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty; (i) by reason of the assignment, sale, transfer or disposal of any interest or share in a company or a société, there is a change in the control of that company or société; (j) any of the grounds specified under section 27 (c) is present; or (k) the business of the licensee has been conducted in such a way as to be a danger to public health, public order or public safety. (2) Subject to section 34, where the Authority has reasonable grounds to suspect that any licensee has transferred or assigned his licence or is only nominally the licensee, the Authority may refuse to renew or may revoke the licence. (3) Before varying, revoking or refusing to renew a licence, the Authority shall, by notice in writing, require, within such reasonable time as it may deem fit, the licensee to show cause why his licence should not be varied or revoked or should be renewed. (4) Where the Authority varies or revokes a licence, no refund of licence fee shall be made, nor any compensation paid, in respect of the unexpired portion of the licence.