# The Wholesaling of Controlled Liquor Regulations 2015, Regulation 16: Termination of group membership by the Commissioners

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Commissioners may, by notice given to a body corporate, terminate its treatment as a member of a group from a date which is specified in the notice.
(2) The Commissioners may give notice under paragraph (1) if it appears to them—
(a) to be necessary for the protection of the revenue; or
(b) that the body corporate is not (or is no longer) eligible to be treated as a member of the group.
(3) Where the Commissioners give notice to a body corporate under paragraph (1), notice must also be given to the representative member (if different from the body corporate).
(4) If the body corporate referred to in paragraph (1) is the representative member—
(a) notice must also be given to each member of the group; and
(b) the members of the group must with immediate effect appoint a new representative member in order to continue to be treated as a group.
(5) If it appears to the Commissioners that-
(a) the group does not (or has ceased to) have a representative member who is acceptable to the Commissioners; or
(b) there are fewer than two bodies corporate being treated as members of the group,
they may give notice to each member that the group treatment will cease from a date which is specified in the notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1516/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wholesaling-of-controlled-liquor-regulations-2015/regulation-16
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