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Rectification and cancellation of registration of premises.
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17.—(1) The Minister may, at any time, alter or cancel the registration of any premises under this Part of this Act upon the application in writing in the prescribed form and manner of the registered proprietor, or in the case of an individual the legal personal representative, or, in the case of an incorporated body, the liquidator, of the registered proprietor of such premises.
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(2) The Minister may, at any time, without any such application as aforesaid, alter the registration of any premises under this Part of this Act in any respect in which such registration or licence appears to him to be erroneous or misleading.
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(3) The Minister may, at any time, without any such application as aforesaid, cancel the registration of any premises registered under this Part of this Act if he is satisfied—
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(a) that the registration of the premises was procured by fraud or by misrepresentation whether fraudulent or innocent; or
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(b) that the premises have ceased to be eligible for registration in the register in which the same are registered; or
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(c) that the accommodation and equipment provided in the premises is insufficient for the volume of business carried on therein; or
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(d) 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
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(e) that the registered proprietor has been adjudicated a bankrupt; or
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(f) that in the opinion of the Minister there has been any contravention (whether by way of commission or of omission) of this Act or any regulations made thereunder on the premises.
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(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 of such premises or his personal representative (if any) or its liquidator (as the case may be), and shall consider any representations made before the expiration of such notice by such registered proprietor or personal representative or liquidator (as the case may be), and may if he thinks fit cause an inquiry to be held in relation to the matter.
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(5) A notice of the Minister's intention to cancel or alter the registration of premises under this Part of this Act may be served by delivering it to the person to whom it is addressed or by leaving it for him with a person over sixteen years of age on the premises to which it relates or by sending it by post to the person to whom it is addressed at his last known place of abode.
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(6) Where the Minister has cancelled under this section the registration of any premises, the Minister may at any time thereafter refuse to register such premises in any register kept in pursuance of this Part of this Act.
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