Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 48 OF 1995) - SECT 13

13. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by omitting from subsection (2) “, whether or not an objection to the grant of an application for a licence has been lodged,”; and

    (b)     by omitting subsections (3) and (4) and substituting the following subsections:

“(3) The Registrar may exercise his or her powers under subsection (2) whether or not—

        (a)     an objection to the grant of an application for a licence has been lodged; or

        (b)     the certificate of conviction received by the Registrar indicates that the applicant has been charged with, or convicted of, an offence against a law of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State, another Territory or another country.

“(4) Where—

        (a)     an objection is lodged in response to a notice referred to in section 11B and the Registrar is satisfied that the objection is not frivolous or vexatious;

        (b)     a certificate of conviction has been received indicating that the applicant has been charged with, or convicted of, an offence and the Registrar is satisfied that as a consequence of that conviction the applicant is not a person of good fame and character; or

        (c)     the Registrar considers that there may be grounds for refusing an application for the grant of a licence;

the Registrar shall hold an inquiry into the matter.”.