Article 6 F1

Unless otherwise provided, operators established in F3Great Britain, other than customs agents and transporters when acting solely in that capacity, engaged in import, export or intermediary activities involving scheduled substances listed in Category 1 of the Annex, shall hold a licence. The competent authority F4... shall issue the licence.

In considering whether to grant a licence, the competent authority shall take into account the competence and integrity of the applicant, in particular the absence of any serious infringement or repeated infringements of legislation in the field of drug precursors and the absence of a record of any serious criminal offence.

F5The Secretary of State may make regulations to set out the conditions for granting licences and for determining cases where a licence is not required.

The licence may be suspended or revoked by the competent authorities whenever the conditions under which the licence was issued are no longer fulfilled or where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is a risk of diversion of scheduled substances.

The Secretary of State must prescribe by regulations a model for licences.