9—Duration of registration and annual fee and return
(1) A person's
registration remains in force (except for any period for which it is
suspended) until—
(a) the
registration is surrendered or cancelled; or
(b) the
person dies or, in the case of a body corporate, is dissolved.
(2) A registered
person must, each year not later than the date fixed by regulation—
(a) pay
to the Commissioner the fee fixed by regulation; and
(b)
lodge with the Commissioner a return in the manner and form required by the
Commissioner.
(3) Where a person
fails to pay the annual fee or lodge the annual return in accordance with
subsection (2), the Commissioner may, by notice in writing, require the
person to make good the default.
(4) Where the person
fails to comply with the notice within 28 days after service of the notice,
the person's registration is cancelled.
(5) The Commissioner
must notify the person in writing of the cancellation of the person's
registration.
(6) A
registered person may surrender registration.
(7) In this
section—
"registered person" includes a person whose registration has been suspended.