Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1924

Rectification and cancellation of registration.

10.—(1) The Minister may at any time alter or cancel the registration of any premises under this Act upon the application of the registered proprietor, or in the case of an individual, the personal representative, or, in the case of an incorporated body, the liquidator, of the registered proprietor.

(2) The Minister may at any time, without any such application as aforesaid, alter the registration of any premises under this Act in any respect in which such registration appears to him to be erroneous or misleading.

(3) The Minister may at any time, without any such application as aforesaid, cancel the registration of any premises registered under this Act if he is satisfied—

(a) that the registration of the premises was procured by fraud or by misrepresentation whether fraudulent or innocent; or

(b) that the premises have ceased to be eligible for registration in the register in which the same are registered; or

(c) that the registered proprietor, if an individual, has died, or, if an incorporated body, has been dissolved, and no other person has, within one month after such death or dissolution, been registered as proprietor in the place of the registered proprietor so dead or dissolved; or

(d) that there has been any contravention (whether by way of commission or of omission) of this Act or any regulations made thereunder on the premises; or

(e) that the registered proprietor having made a contract for the sale of eggs to be exported from premises of which he is the registered proprietor has without reasonable cause failed or omitted to carry out such contract.

(4) Before altering or cancelling (otherwise than in accordance with an application in that behalf made under this section) the registration of any; premises under this Act, the Minister shall give at least one fortnight's notice in writing of his intention so to cancel or alter such registration to the registered proprietor, and shall consider any representations made before the expiration of such notice by such proprietor, and may if he thinks fit cause an inquiry to be held in relation to the matter.