53AMinister may make corrections to register

##### 53A. Minister may make corrections to register (1) The Minister may alter the register for the purposes of correcting a clerical error or an obvious defect in the register. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the Minister may, on application being made in writing to the Minister by a person or of the Minister’s own motion, make such entries in the register as the Minister considers appropriate for the purposes of ensuring that the register accurately records the interests and rights existing in relation to a licence. (3) Where the Minister proposes to make an entry in the register in accordance with subsection (2), the Minister shall cause to be published in the *Gazette* a notice — (a) setting out the terms of the entry that the Minister proposes to make in the register; and (b) inviting interested persons to give to the Minister, by such day as is specified in the notice, being a day not earlier than 45 days after the publication of the notice, submissions in writing relating to the making of the entry. (4) Where submissions are, in accordance with a notice under subsection (3), given to the Minister in relation to the proposed making of an entry in the register, the Minister shall — (a) take those submissions into account before making an entry in the register; and (b) after making an entry in the register, cause to be published in the *Gazette* a notice setting out the terms of the entry. [Section 53A inserted: No. 12 of 1990 s. 147.]