New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS ACT 1980 - SECT 16

16 Application for licence

(1) An application for a licence may be made to the Authority:

(a) by an individual of or over the age of 18 years, or

(b) by a body corporate if all persons concerned in the management of the body corporate are of or over the age of 18 years.

(2) Two or more persons intending to carry on in partnership the business of a repairer may, but are not required to, apply for the grant of a joint licence.

(3) An application:

(a) is to be accompanied by the fee prescribed by the regulations for the application, and

(b) is to be signed by each applicant who is an individual, or, if an applicant is a body corporate, by at least one director of the body corporate.

(4) An application must specify the following matters:

(a) the name and address of the applicant or applicants or, if an applicant is a body corporate, of each director of the body corporate,

(b) if the applicant is a body corporate, the date and place of incorporation of the body corporate, its corporate name and the address of its registered office,

(c) the class or classes of repair work in respect of which the application is made,

(d) the address of any place or places of business at which, and the name or names under which, the applicant intends to carry on business pursuant to the authority that would be conferred by the licence if it were granted.

(5) If the particulars specified under subsection (4) in an application change before the application is determined, the applicant or applicants must, not later than 14 days after the change occurs, notify the Authority of the particulars of the change. The notice must be signed by the applicant or applicants or, if the applicant is a body corporate, by a director of the body corporate.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(6) An applicant for a licence must, if required to do so by the Authority, provide the Authority with any additional particulars, and any additional documents in relation to those particulars, that the Authority requires.

Maximum penalty (subsection (6)): 20 penalty units.