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44 Return of cancelled or varied authority

(1) Immediately after an authority is cancelled or the Director-General either varies the authority the Director-General confers or imposes a condition on the authority by service of a notice, the person to whom it was issued must:

(a) lodge the authority at an office of the Department of Fair Trading, or

(b) if unable to lodge the authority, lodge at an office of the Department of Fair Trading a statement signed by the person and providing accurate and complete details of why the authority cannot be lodged.

Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 20 penalty units in any other case.

(2) When subsection (1) has been complied with by a person because of a variation or the imposition of a condition, the Director-General must issue an appropriate replacement authority to the person for the residue of the term of the former authority.

(3) When an authority that has not been cancelled is lodged under this section, the Director-General is to cancel the authority.