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Liquor Act, 2003 (Act No. 59 of 2003)

Chapter 3 : Registration as Manufacturer and Distributor

20. Cancellation of registration

 

(1) A registration may be cancelled—
(a) by the Minister, in terms of subsection (2) or (3);
(b) voluntarily by the registrant, in terms of section 21; or
(c) as a consequence of sequestration, winding-up or dissolution, in terms of section 22.

 

(2) The Minister may cancel a registration if the registrant—
(a) becomes disqualified on any of the grounds set out in section 11(2);
(b) does not comply with a condition of registration;
(c) repeatedly breaches the provisions of any legislation listed in section 19(1), or repeatedly fails to meet a commitment contemplated in section 13(1)(a) or (b); or
(d) does not comply with the provisions of this Act.

 

(3) In addition to the authority set out in subsection (2), the Minister may cancel the registration of a registrant if the registrant—
(a) has been served a compliance notice in terms of section 31, and;
(b) has failed to comply with it; or
(c) has not objected to the notice in terms of section 32; or
(d) if it has objected;
(e) failed to comply with the order of the Minister given in terms of section 32(2); or
(f) has not succeeded in any review or appeal against that order in terms of section 33.

 

(4) If the Minister has cancelled a registration, the Minister must notify the former registrant in writing of—
(a) the cancellation;
(b) the reasons for the cancellation; and
(c) the date of cancellation.

 

(5) If a registration is cancelled in terms of this section, section 21 or section 22, the Minister must—
(a) cancel the registration certificate; and
(b) amend the register accordingly.

 

(6) A registration is cancelled as of the date on which the Minister notifies the former registrant of the cancellation, which, in the case of a cancellation in terms of section 21, must be on the date specified by the registrant in the notice of voluntary cancellation.