Amendment of section 19
8. In section 19 (regulations with respect to the register)—
(a)for subsection (2)(1) substitute—
“(2) Regulations under this section may authorise the registrar to erase from the register the name of a person who, after such notices and warnings as may be prescribed by the regulations, fails to pay a fee prescribed under subsection (1)(b).
(2A) Where a person’s name has been erased by virtue of regulations under this section, that name shall be restored to the register on that person’s application if he satisfies the registrar that he meets the requirements of—
(a)section 15(3)(a) to (c);
(b)section 26A; and
(c)any rules made under section 34B which apply to his case.
(2B) Where the registrar refuses to restore a person’s name to the register under subsection (2A), the registrar shall forthwith serve on the person concerned notification of the decision and of the reasons for it.”; and
(b)omit subsections (3) and (4).
Subsection (2) was substituted by S.I. 1996/1496.