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

Chapter 3 : Registration as Manufacturer and Distributor

16. Variation of conditions of registration

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(1)The Minister may reconsider, and vary the conditions of registration of any registrant, in any of the following circumstances—
(a)If the registrant, after registration in terms of this Act, becomes registered or licensed as a micro-manufacturer or retail seller in terms of applicable provincial legislation.
(b)If the registrant has notified the Minister of a material alteration contemplated in subsection (3).
(c)Upon request by the registrant submitted to the Minister in the prescribed manner and form.
(d)If at least five years have passed since the Minister last reviewed or varied the conditions of registration in terms of this section.

 

(2)A registrant who applies for registration or licensing as a micro-manufacturer or retail seller in terms of applicable provincial legislation must notify the Minister of that application in the prescribed manner and form.

 

(3)A registrant must notify the Minister in the prescribed manner and form if it proposes to—
(a)relocate any of the activities authorised under its certificate of registration; or
(b)alter the nature or conduct of any of those activities,

in a manner that differs in a material way from that specified in its application for registration.

 

(4)Within 30 days after receiving a notice in terms of subsection (2) or (3), the Minister must advise the registrant either that—
(a)the Minister will review the conditions of registration in light of the proposed changes; or
(b)the Minister accepts the proposed changes.

 

(5)If the Minister reviews conditions of registration in terms of this section—
(a)section 13, read with the changes required by the context, applies to the review; and
(b)the Minister may propose new or alternative conditions—
(i)only in relation to the registrant’s materially altered circumstances, in the case of a review contemplated in subsection (1)(b) or (c); or
(ii)to the extent permitted by section 13, having regard to the circumstances at the time of the review, in any other case.