Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A licensee may apply in writing to the director-general to surrender the licence.
(2) The application must be accompanied by the licence.
(3) However, if the licence has been lost, stolen or destroyed, the licensee must give the director-general a statement verifying that the licence has been lost, stolen or destroyed.
Note 1 It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement, give false or misleading information or produce a false or misleading document (see Criminal Code
, pt 3.4).
Note 2 For how documents may be given, see Legislation Act
, pt 19.5.
(4) On receiving the application, the director-general may—
(a) accept the surrender of the licence; or
(b) refuse to accept the surrender of the licence if—
(i) action is being taken under division 4.3 (Amendment, suspension and cancellation of licences) to suspend or cancel a licence; or
(ii) the licensee has failed to comply with part 5 (Application of proceeds of collections).
(5) If the director-general accepts the surrender of the licence, the licence is taken to have ended.