diff --git a/application/controllers/RequestController.php b/application/controllers/RequestController.php
index 7b82c7c5292d9bc9755b9dd497bc45fc42750489..b0cbe075a8a0dd311601b1485139cb8ce0281ff4 100755
--- a/application/controllers/RequestController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/RequestController.php
@@ -190,6 +190,18 @@ class RequestController extends Nmc_Controller_Action
             $prevRequestId = -1;
         }
 
+        $roles = ApprovalBodyRoleQueues::getInstance()->fetchByRequestAndAction(
+            $request, $request->getCurrentAction()
+        );
+
+        $canEdit = false;
+        foreach ($roles as $role) {
+            if ($role->canEdit == 'yes') {
+                $canEdit = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
         $view = new Application_View();
         $view->page = 'request/view';
         $view->request = $request;
@@ -200,6 +212,7 @@ class RequestController extends Nmc_Controller_Action
         $view->prevRequestId = $prevRequestId;
         $view->tagline = 'View Request';
         $view->addHelperPath(APPLICATION_PATH . '/library/View/Helper', 'Application_View_Helper');
+        $view->canEdit = $canEdit;
 
         $out = $this->getResponse();
         $out->setBody($view->render('unlModernWrapper.xhtml'));
diff --git a/application/views/request/view.xhtml b/application/views/request/view.xhtml
index 98553d105ab3a39557b085ee174dd81311338296..fdebfa26a1d0eb3a332fcb633b6142286c79b0a8 100644
--- a/application/views/request/view.xhtml
+++ b/application/views/request/view.xhtml
@@ -215,9 +215,12 @@
     <a id="nextRequestLink" href="/Request/View/<?php echo $this->nextRequestId; ?>">Next--&gt;</a>
     <?php } ?>
     <?php } ?>
-    <!-- div id="editLink">
-        <a href="/Request/Load/<?php echo $this->request->getPrimaryKey(); ?>">--Edit--</a>
-    </div -->
+
+    <?php if($this->canEdit) { ?>
+    <div id="editLink">
+        <a href="/Request/Load/<?php echo $this->request->getPrimaryKey(); ?>">-Edit-</a>
+    </div>
+    <?php } ?>
 
     <div class="clear"></div>
 </div>