28Registration of premises

#### 28 Registration of premises (1) Subject to this section, premises that are used solely or principally for industrial or commercial purposes may be registered under this section for the purposes of this Act. (2) An application for the registration of premises under this section may be made to the CEO, in writing, by a person who carries on, or proposes to carry on, the production of bountiable equipment at those premises. (3) Subject to subsections (6), (7) and (8), where an application for the registration of premises is made under subsection (2) by a person who, in the opinion of the CEO, carries on, or proposes to carry on, the production of bountiable equipment at those premises, the CEO shall: (a) register those premises in the name of the applicant by signing a notice, in writing, specifying the date on which it was signed and stating that the premises have been so registered and causing that notice to be served, either personally or by post, on the applicant; or (b) refuse to register those premises and cause a notice, in writing, stating that the CEO has refused to register those premises to be served, either personally or by post, on the applicant. (4) The registration of premises under this section has effect from the day on which the notice under paragraph (3)(a), in relation to the premises, is signed, or such earlier day, not being a day earlier than 1 July 1985, as is determined by the CEO and specified in that notice. (5) A notice under subsection (3) in relation to premises shall specify whether the premises are registered under this section in relation to: (a) all bountiable equipment; or (b) a specified class, or specified classes, of bountiable equipment; and may specify a period as the period during which the premises are registered under this section. (6) The regulations may prescribe conditions to be complied with in connection with the production of bountiable equipment at registered premises. (7) If conditions have been prescribed under subsection (6), the CEO shall not register premises under this section unless the CEO is satisfied that the conditions have been, or will be, complied with in respect of those premises. (8) The CEO may require an applicant for the registration of premises under this section to furnish such information as the CEO considers necessary for the purposes of this Act and may refuse to register the premises until the information is furnished to the satisfaction of the CEO. (10) The regulations may prescribe conditions to be met by an applicant for the registration of premises under this section, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the condition requiring the applicant to be a person of a specified kind. (11) If conditions have been prescribed for the purposes of subsection (10), the CEO shall not register premises under this section unless: (a) the CEO is satisfied that the conditions are, or will be, met by the applicant for the registration of the premises; or (b) registration of the premises is otherwise permitted under the regulations. (12) Where: (a) premises are registered under this section; and (b) the person in whose name the premises are so registered and a person who carries on, or proposes to carry on, the production of bountiable equipment at those premises (in this subsection referred to as the transferee) make a joint application in writing to the CEO for the transfer of the registration of the premises to the name of the transferee; the CEO shall transfer the registration of those premises to the name of the transferee by causing a notice, in writing, stating that the registration has been so transferred to be served, either personally or by post, on the transferee. (13) If conditions have been prescribed for the purposes of subsection (10), the CEO shall not transfer the registration of premises to the name of the transferee unless the CEO is satisfied that, if the transferee were an applicant for the registration of the premises, the CEO would be authorised to register the premises in the name of the transferee. (14) A transfer under subsection (12) has effect from such day as is specified in the notice under that subsection in relation to the transfer, being a day after the commencement of the bounty period and not earlier than 6 months before the day on which the application for the transfer was made. (15) Where the CEO becomes satisfied, at any time, in respect of premises registered under this section: (a) that the production of bountiable equipment is not being carried on at those premises; (b) in a case where the premises are registered in relation to a class of bountiable equipment—bountiable equipment included in that class of bountiable equipment is not being manufactured at those premises; (c) that the production of bountiable equipment at those premises is being carried on by a person other than: (i) the person in whose name the premises are registered; or (ii) a person who has made an application under paragraph (12)(b) in relation to the premises; (d) in a case where conditions have been prescribed under subsection (6) or (10)—that, if the person in whose name the premises are registered was, at that time, an applicant for the registration of the premises, the CEO would not be authorised to register the premises in the name of the person; or (e) those premises are not being used solely or principally for industrial or commercial purposes; the CEO may cancel the registration of those premises by causing a notice, in writing, stating that the registration of those premises has been cancelled to be served, either personally or by post, on: (f) the occupier of those premises; and (g) if the occupier is not the person in whose name those premises are registered, on the person in whose name the premises are registered. (16) For the purposes of the application of section 29 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to the service on a person by post of a notice under this section in relation to premises, such a notice posted as a letter addressed to that person at the premises shall be deemed to be properly addressed.