Section 23: General conditions relating to licences

(1) A licence granted based on an application may be used by the applicant for a stipulated period of time.
(2) Any application for renewal of a licence shall be submitted at least three months before its expiry date.
(3) Renewal may be granted in advance and, if the licence had not been cancelled earlier, it shall take effect on the date of expiry of the current licence.
(4) When application for renewal is duly submitted in accordance with this section and ruling thereon has been before the date of expiry of the licence the latter shall remain in force until a decision has been made in respect of the application.