(1) A person who is in
bona fide control of a business operated under a licence shall not, without
the prior approval in writing of the Commissioner, absent himself from that
business for more than 4 continuous weeks in any one calendar year.
Penalty: $100.
(2) An application for
approval under subregulation (1) shall state whether, in the absence of
the person in bona fide control of the business, that business is to
be —
(a)
closed; or
(b)
conducted by another person.
(3) The Commissioner
may refuse to grant approval under subregulation (1) —
(a)
where the business is to be closed, unless and until the person in bona fide
control of that business has satisfied the Commissioner that at the date of
closure he will have carried out all his obligations under the Act or the code
of conduct; or
(b)
where the business is to be conducted by another person, if the Commissioner
does not consider that person is suitable to conduct that business.
(4) A person who,
pursuant to an approval granted by the Commissioner under this regulation,
conducts a business operated under a licence during the absence of the person
in bona fide control of that business does not commit an offence under
section 26 of the Act.
[Regulation 14 inserted: Gazette
30 Mar 1984 p. 910; erratum: Gazette 6 Apr 1984
p. 998; amended: Gazette 30 Jun 2011 p. 2677.]