S.L. 545.20 Art. 19Termination of authorisation.

(1) When an authorised provider or an authorised person decides either to suspend or to terminate his authorisation to carry out the activity of a bulk LPG distributor or to operate a fixed piped network or to operate a secondary storage facility of LPG or to carry out the retail activity of portable cylinders filled with LPG, including retail from a fixed point of sale or to operate an autogas retail station, the authorised provider or the authorised person, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Regulator in the form prescribed by the Regulator to notify such a termination or suspension.

(2) Upon acknowledgement by the Regulator to the authorised provider or authorised person of the notification mentioned in sub-regulation (1), the authorisation shall be considered to have ceased and with immediate effect from the date of such acknowledgement, the activity of a bulk LPG distributor, the operation of a fixed piped network, the carrying out of the retail activity of portable cylinders filled with LPG, including retail from a fixed point of sale or the operation of an autogas retail station business and the operation of a secondary storage facility of LPG, shall be deemed to be unauthorised.

(3) Notwithstanding any notification for termination or suspension of an authorisation, the authorised provider shall remain liable for the payment of any authorisation fees due prior to such notification.