64Cancellation of authorised person's acceptance of statement as effective

64 Cancellation of authorised person's acceptance of statement as effective

(1) An authorised person may cancel the acceptance of a known user statement or a sold vehicle statement as an effective statement if—

(a) the person nominated in the statement as being the responsible person gives the authorised person within the prescribed period a nomination rejection statement; and

(b) the authorised person is satisfied, having regard to the matters stated in the nomination rejection statement, that the nomination was incorrect.

(2) If the acceptance of a statement as an effective statement is cancelled under subsection (1)—

(a) the statement ceases to be an effective statement for the purposes of this Part and cannot be used by an authorised person to make a tolling nomination statement; and

(b) the operator who would, but for the statement, have continued to be the responsible person in relation to the vehicle or the trailer becomes again the responsible person.