(1) Despite anything
in section 17B, the Commissioner may refuse to register an applicant under
that section if the Commissioner is satisfied that a relevant person has done
or omitted to do any thing or engaged in any conduct that renders the
applicant unfit to be registered.
(2) Despite anything
in section 19(3), the Commissioner may refuse to renew the registration of a
car market operator if the Commissioner is satisfied as mentioned in
subsection (1).
(3) Subsections (1)
and (2) are permissive only and do not impose a duty on the Commissioner to
make enquiries concerning a relevant person.
(4) In this section
—
relevant person —
(a)
means the applicant, where a person, not being a body corporate, has applied
under section 17B(1) or 19(3), as the case may be; and
(b)
means any person —
(i)
by which the firm is constituted; or
(ii)
who is concerned in the management or conduct of a body
corporate by which the firm is constituted,
where persons
constituting a firm have applied under section 17B(2) or 19(3), as the case
may be; and
(c)
means any person concerned in the management or conduct of the body corporate
where a body corporate has applied under section 17B(3) or 19(3), as the case
may be.
[Section 17C inserted: No. 4 of 2002 s. 11;
amended: No. 58 of 2010 s. 50.]