(1) Where an application is submitted to the Commission pursuant to section 61, the Commission shall evaluate the applicant and within 28 days of receipt of the application under section 61 or information requested pursuant to section 62 being received, as the case may be, and —
(a) if satisfied that an applicant has —
(i) the requisite technical and managerial capacity and experience in the management of similar water supply service or sewerage service;
(ii) the financial ability for the execution of the water supply service or sewerage service; and
(iii) the ability to mitigate detrimental environmental impacts associated with the water supply service or sewerage service; and is the best applicant for the grant of a service licence, may grant the service licence to that applicant; or
(b) if not satisfied that the applicant has met the requirements referred to in paragraph (a), shall refuse to grant a service licence to that applicant.
(2) The Commission shall within 14 days of a decision under subsection (1) notify the applicant of the grant or the refusal and shall give the reasons in writing for a refusal.
(3) A person aggrieved by the decision of the Commission shall have the right of appeal pursuant to section 96(5).
(Substituted by Act 3 of 2016)