Wool Tax (Administration) Act 1964 (REPEALED)

Part IV - Registration  

SECTION 13 (Repealed by 101 of 2006)   Registration of wool-brokers  

(1)    
A wool-broker who sells shorn wool without being registered under this section as a wool-broker in respect of the State in which shorn wool is sold is, in respect of each day on which the wool-broker so sells shorn wool (including the day of a conviction of an offence against this subsection or any subsequent day), guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding $50.

(1A)    
An offence under subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:

(2)    
An application for registration as a wool-broker in respect of a State shall be in writing in accordance with a form approved by the Commissioner and shall be made in the prescribed manner.

(3)    
On receipt of the application, the Commissioner shall forthwith register the applicant as a wool-broker in respect of that State by entering the name of the applicant in a register to be kept by the Commissioner for the purpose and shall give notice of the registration to the applicant.

(4)    
Where a person who is registered as a wool-broker in respect of a State dies or, being a company, is wound-up, the person thereupon ceases to be registered as a wool-broker in respect of that State and the Commissioner shall, upon being notified of the death or winding-up, remove the name of the person from the register.

(5)    
Where a person who is registered as a wool-broker in respect of a State applies in writing to the Commissioner in the prescribed manner for the cancellation of his registration as a wool-broker in respect of that State, the Commissioner shall, forthwith upon receipt of the application, cancel the registration of the person as a wool-broker in respect of that State by removing the name of the person from the register and shall give notice of the cancellation to the person.