(1) The Comptroller may, on application made in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to any person who, not being the holder of, or an applicant for, a duty-free shop operator's licence, is accredited in writing by the holder of, or an applicant for, a duty-free shop operator's licence as an agent for the purposes of the duty-free shopping system, a permit (hereinafter referred to as a duty-free shop operator's agency permit) to operate a duty-free shop as agent for the duty-free shop operator by whom he or she is accredited.