MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS ACT 1973 - SECT 20

MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS ACT 1973 - SECT 20

20 .         Allegations Commissioner may make to SAT

        (1)         The Commissioner may allege to the State Administrative Tribunal that a person —

            (a)         has contravened or failed to comply with —

                  (i)         a provision of this Act; or

                  (ii)         an authorisation or a condition or restriction attached to an authorisation;

                or

            (b)         has done or omitted to do any thing, or engaged in any conduct, that renders the person unfit —

                  (i)         to be the holder, or a joint holder, of an authorisation; or

                  (ii)         to be concerned in the management or conduct of a body corporate that is the holder or a joint holder of an authorisation;

                or

            (c)         has obtained an authorisation because of incorrect or misleading information; or

            (d)         has been found guilty of an offence committed in the course of carrying on business under an authorisation; or

            (e)         has engaged in fraudulent conduct in connection with carrying on business under an authorisation; or

            (f)         has been negligent or incompetent in connection with carrying on business under an authorisation; or

            (g)         has failed to ensure the proper management and supervision of business carried on under an authorisation on the person’s behalf.

        (2)         The Commissioner may allege to the State Administrative Tribunal that a person, or the persons constituting a firm, should be disqualified from —

            (a)         holding a dealer’s licence of a specified category; or

            (b)         being registered as a car market operator,

                on the grounds that the person or persons has or have —

            (c)         insufficient material and financial resources to enable the person or the firm, as the case may be, to comply with the requirements of this Act so far as those requirements are relevant to —

                  (i)         the category of licence held by the person or persons; or

                  (ii)         registration as a car market operator;

                or

            (d)         ceased to carry on the business of a dealer or a car market operator.

        (3)         The Commissioner may allege to the State Administrative Tribunal that an authorisation of premises under section 20E or 21A should be revoked on the grounds that the premises do not comply with all relevant requirements of written laws relating to planning that apply in respect of the premises.

        [Section 20 inserted: No. 4 of 2002 s. 16; amended: No. 55 of 2004 s. 770; No. 58 of 2010 s. 50; No. 23 of 2014 s. 27; No. 7 of 2022 s. 37.]