Motor Car Traders Act 1986
22Register to be kept
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22 Register to be kept
S. 22(1) substituted by No. 8/2003 s. 64(1).
(1) The Registrar must keep a register of licensed motor car traders open for public inspection in the form determined by the Registrar.
S. 22(2) substituted by No. 52/1998 s. 154, repealed by No. 8/2003 s. 64(1).
(3) A person, on application in accordance with the regulations (if any) and on payment of the prescribed fee (if any)—
(a) may inspect the Register of Motor Car Traders; and
(b) may make a copy of, or take extracts from, the register.
S. 22(4) inserted by No. 8/2003 s. 64(2).
(4) The purposes of the register are—
(a) to enable members of the public to have access to information about licensees; and
(b) to record the name of any person, partnership or body corporate declared ineligible to be a licensee or director of, partner of or person concerned in the management of a motor car trader or any person declared ineligible to be employed in a customer service capacity by a motor car trader.
S. 22(5) inserted by No. 8/2003 s. 64(2).
(5) The register must include details of the following in relation to each licensed motor car trader—
(a) licence number issued by the Authority;
(b) name of licensee;
(c) date licence granted;
(d) date licence surrendered, cancelled or suspended;
(e) licence conditions;
(f) details of any Tribunal or court orders concerning the licensee affecting the licence and of which the Registrar has notice;
(g) details of any claims allowed by the Fund (or any like fund established under a previous enactment) in relation to a licensee and of which the Registrar has notice;
(h) business names under which a licensee is authorised to operate, including the date of commencement and cessation of operating under those names;
(i) business addresses and telephone numbers of any premises from which a motor car trading business is conducted, including the date of commencement and cessation of business at those premises;
(j) if the licensee is a corporation—
(i) the names of the directors;
(ii) the date of appointment of each director;
(iii) the date of cessation of appointment of each director;
(k) if the licensee is a partnership—
(i) the names of the partners;
(ii) the date each person became a partner;
(iii) the date a partner ceased to be a partner;
(l) Australian Business Number (if any) issued under the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth;