New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND DAY PROCEDURE CENTRES ACT 1988 - SECT 21

21 Amendment of licences

(1) The Secretary may amend a licence in 1 or more of the following ways:

(a) by specifying in the licence additional classes of establishments,

(b) by omitting any class of establishments specified in the licence,

(c) in the case of a private hospital-by increasing or decreasing the number of patients specified in the licence as the number of patients who may be accommodated overnight at any one time in any ward of the hospital,

(d) by amending or revoking any condition to which the licence is subject (other than the condition referred to in section 15 (2)) or attaching further conditions to the licence.

(2) The Secretary may amend a licence under this section if:

(a) the licensee applies in writing to the Secretary to make the amendment, or

(b) the Secretary considers that the licence requires amendment.

(3) A licence is amended under this section:

(a) by an appropriate endorsement on the licence, or

(b) by the cancellation of the licence and the issue of a substitute licence incorporating the amendment, or

(c) by a notice in writing served on the licensee.

(4) A licensee shall forward his or her licence to the Secretary if the Secretary, by notice in writing, requires the licensee to do so for the purposes of this section.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(5) On the service of a notice referred to in subsection (3) (c), the licence to which the notice relates shall be taken to be amended according to the tenor of the notice.