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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Registration of motor vehicle traders - Removal from register - Cancellation of registration

43: Process for cancellation

You could also call this:

"What happens if the Registrar wants to cancel your motor vehicle trader registration"

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The Registrar will tell you in writing if they want to cancel your motor vehicle trader registration. They must give you a reason for this decision and tell you when the cancellation will happen. You have 10 working days to write back to the Registrar and explain why your registration should not be cancelled. If you write back to the Registrar within 10 working days, they will think about what you say when deciding whether to cancel your registration. The Registrar will then write to you with their decision as soon as possible. If you do not write back, the Registrar will cancel your registration as soon as possible. If the Registrar decides to cancel your registration, they will tell you why and when the cancellation will happen. They will also record the cancellation on the register as soon as possible. You will get a written notice with this information.

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Part 3Registration of motor vehicle traders
Removal from register: Cancellation of registration

43Process for cancellation

  1. The process for cancellation is as follows:

  2. the Registrar must give the motor vehicle trader written notice of the Registrar's intention to cancel the registration of the motor vehicle trader; and
    1. the notice must—
      1. contain or be accompanied by a statement of the Registrar's reasons for the cancellation; and
        1. state that the cancellation takes effect on a specified date unless the motor vehicle trader makes, within 10 working days after receiving the notice, written representations to the Registrar as to why that trader's registration should not be so cancelled; and
        2. if any written representations are made by the motor vehicle trader within the 10-working-day period referred to in paragraph (b)(ii), the Registrar must take those representations into account in deciding whether or not to cancel the registration; and
          1. the Registrar must,—
            1. if no written representations are made by the motor vehicle trader within the 10-working-day period referred to in paragraph (b)(ii), record the cancellation on the register as soon as practicable; or
              1. if written representations are made by the motor vehicle trader within the 10-working-day period referred to in paragraph (b)(ii), give written notice to the motor vehicle trader of the Registrar's decision as soon as practicable.

              2. If the Registrar decides to cancel the registration, the Registrar must—

              3. include in the notice referred to in subsection (1)(d)(ii) a statement indicating—
                1. the grounds on which the Registrar decided to cancel the trader's registration; and
                  1. the date on which the cancellation takes effect; and
                  2. record the cancellation on the register as soon as practicable.