New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR DEALERS ACT 1974 - SECT 20G

20G Death of holder of licence

(1) Where the holder of a licence dies, a person who is, or who is named as, or who intends to apply to become, a legal personal representative of the deceased holder may, within 28 days after the death or such longer period as the Director-General allows, apply to the Director-General for authority to carry on, until the expiration of the period of 6 months that next succeeds the death, the business of the deceased holder to which the licence relates.

(2) The Director-General may grant or refuse an application and, where the Director-General grants the application, may impose such conditions as the Director-General thinks fit, being conditions subject to which the business to which the application relates may be carried on.

(3) An applicant whose application is granted under this section shall, subject to this Act, the regulations and any conditions imposed under subsection (2), be deemed, until not later than the expiration of the period of 6 months that next succeeds the death of the deceased holder, to be the holder of the licence of the deceased holder.