(1) The Authority must give notice of an application for a licence—
(a) to the responsible authority; and
(b) in a newspaper generally circulating in Victoria.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) must invite written submissions on the grant of a licence to the applicant to be sent to the Authority before the date specified in the notice.
(3) In determining the application the Authority must consider any submission received by it before the specified date unless it is satisfied that the submission is frivolous, vexatious or irrelevant to the grant of a licence to the applicant.
S. 36 amended by No. 99/1995 s. 30(2), substituted by No. 52/1998 s. 199.