(2) If the registrar terminates the registration of premises or refuses to renew the
registration of premises in terms of this section, he or she shall in writing advise the person
to whom the certificate of registration in respect thereof was issued of his or her decision
and of the grounds on which it is based.
[S. 11 substituted by s. 7 of Act 25 of 1996.]
12
Display, lapsing and return of certificate of registration
(1) The owner or occupier of premises shall cause the certificate of registration
issued in respect thereof to be displayed at all times in a prominent position at or near the
main entrance to the premises.
(2) The registration of premises shall lapse(a)
if the person to whom the certificate of registration in respect thereof was
issued ceases to be the owner or occupier of the premises;
(b)
if the premises in question cease to be used for the conduct of the business
for which it was registered; or
(c)
if an application for the renewal thereof is not received by the registrar
within 30 days of the date of expiry thereof.
(3) (a) If a person to whom a certificate of registration in respect of premises has
been issued dies or is declared by any court to be incapable of managing his or her own
affairs or a prodigal or becomes a patient as defined in section 1 of the Mental Health Act,
1973 (Act 18 of 1973), or if the estate of such a person is sequestrated or if such a person is
liquidated, the executor, curator, trustee or liquidator of such person, as the case may be,
may, subject to any law relating to deceased estates, mental health, insolvency, during the
currency of the certificate of registration and without formal transfer of the certificate,
conduct the business in question on such premises either personally or by an agent
approved by the registrar in writing.
(b) For the period pending the appointment of such executor, curator, trustee or
liquidator, the person managing the affairs of the person concerned shall, for the purposes
of this subsection, be deemed to be his or her executor, curator, trustee or liquidator, as the
case may be.
(4) When the registration of premises has been terminated under section 11 or has
lapsed in terms of subsection (2) of this section, the relevant certificate of registration shall
be returned within the prescribed period to the registrar by the person to whom it was
issued.
[S. 12 amended by s. 7 of Act 10 of 1979 and by s. 8 of Act 39 of 1983 and substituted by s.
8 of Act 25 of 1996.]