New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS ACT 1980 - SECT 20

20 Amendment of licence

(1) The applications to which this section relates are applications for the amendment:

(a) of a licence by substituting for, or adding to, the reference in the licence to a class of repair work a reference to another class of repair work,

(b) of a licence by substituting for the reference in the licence to a place of business a reference to another place of business or by inserting or omitting a reference to a place of business,

(c) of a licence by including a reference to an additional place of business in respect of which the licence is granted,

(d) of a licence by adding or amending an endorsement authorising the holder to carry on business under a name or names, or

(f) of a licence in such other manner as may be prescribed.

(2) An application referred to in subsection (1) is to be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(3) An application is not to be granted if the Authority is satisfied that an application for the licence (as proposed to be amended) would be refused.

(4) The holder of a licence must, not later than 14 days after ceasing to carry on business at a place of business specified in the licence (as issued or as varied under this section) give to the Authority notice in writing that the holder has ceased to carry on business at that place.

Maximum penalty (subsection (4)): 20 penalty units.

(8) Where an application referred to in:

(a) subsection (1) (a) is granted and the licence is amended by substituting or adding a reference to another class of repair work, that class of repair work is a class of repair work in respect of which the licence is granted,

(b) subsection (1) (b) is granted and the licence is amended by substituting, inserting or omitting a reference to a place of business, a place of business so substituted, inserted or omitted is, or ceases to be, (as the case requires) a place of business in respect of which the licence is granted,

(c) subsection (1) (c) is granted and the licence is amended by including a reference to an additional place of business, that place of business is a place of business in respect of which the licence is granted.