Powers and Duties in Relation to Information Section 45: Duties to notify changes in information etc.
78.Section 45 inserts a new section 36A after section 36 of the 1974 Act, which concerns the duty on licensees to notify OFT of certain changes to their circumstances. Section 36A(2) requires licensees to provide OFT with information or documents in respect of a relevant application, where OFT has (after the application has been determined) published a general notice requiring the provision of that information. In this section a relevant application means the original application for a standard or group licence, or an application for the renewal or variation of such a licence.
79.After the determination of a relevant application, the holders of standard licences and original applicants for group licences must inform OFT (within 28 days of their becoming aware) of all documents and information which they have provided under section 6 of the 1974 Act or under this section, which have or has been superseded or otherwise affected by a change in circumstances. Any change of circumstances must fall within a description specified by OFT by general notice that must be relevant to a question of fitness of persons to have a standard licence or the public interest in maintaining a group licence.
80.The same persons must also notify OFT of any errors or omissions in any information or document which they have provided by virtue of section 6 or this section that comes to their attention following determination of a relevant application. Section 36A does not require a licensee to notify OFT of anything that he is already required to notify OFT about under section 36 of the 1974 Act or any clerical error or omission in any information or document that does not affect the substance of the information or document.