(7) Where the Authority, on reviewing the authorization, licence or permit referred to in sub
section (6), is satisfied that such authorization, licence or permit, as the case may be, had been validly
issued under the laws, rules or regulations in force at the commencement of this Act, the Authority
shall, within nine months of the date of the application made to it, issue an order that the person
authorised thereunder, licence or the permit‑holder shall be a licensee under this Act till the expiry of
the term of the authorization, licence or permit with such modifications thereto as the Authority may
consider appropriate.
(8) If the Authority is not satisfied that an authorization, licence or permit referred to in sub
section (5) was validly issued for any reason, it shall, by an order, direct that the deemed licence shall
expire for the date of such order.
(9) The Authority shall maintain a register of licences, showing applications for licences received,
enforcement orders relating to licences issued and details of licences issued and details of licences
revoked.
(10) The register referred to in subsection (9) shall be open to public inspection and a person
may obtain a copy thereof subject to payment of such fee as may be prescribed by regulations.
22. Modification of licence conditions.__(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Authority shall have
the right to modify a licence or its conditions with the consent of the licensee.1[.]
1[(2) If the Authority and a licensee cannot agree to modification proposed by the Authority to a
licensce condition, the Authority and the licensee shall resolve their difference or dispute through
consultation and negotiation. If the licensee and the Authority fail to amicably resolve such difference
or dispute, either party may make an application to the High Court or a Tribunal established by the
Federal Government for the purpose and the High Court or, as the case may be, the Tribunal shall
exercise exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate and settle all matters connected therwith and in exercise
of such jurisdiction the High Court or the Tribunal as the case may be shall follow the procedure, as
nearly as possible, as provided in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act Vof 1908)]:
Provided that no such amendment shall vary the tenure or scope of a licence ; and
1[(3) After the expiry of the initial or renewed term, the licence may be renewed on terms and
conditions consistent with the policy directive, if any, of the Federal Government at the relevant
time.]
1 Subs., omitted, added and ins by Act II of 06, ss.1314.
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