18Surrender of accreditation

18 Surrender of accreditation (1) An accredited person may apply to the road transport authority to surrender an accreditation held by the person. (2) The application may be made personally by the person or by an agent who produces written evidence of the person’s appointment as agent. (a) return the person’s certificate of accreditation to the road transport authority; or (b) if the certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed—give the authority a statement verifying that the certificate has been lost, (4) If the person complies with this section, the road transport authority suspend or cancel the person’s accreditation. (5) However, if the person is accredited to operate regular route services, the road transport authority may approve the application only if each service contract held by the person has expired or been terminated in accordance with the contract.