New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CHILDREN'S SERVICES REGULATION 2004 - REG 27

27 Variation, suspension or revocation of licence

(1) If the Director-General intends to take any action referred to in clause 26 (1), the Director-General is to cause to be served on the licensee and the authorised supervisor under the licence a notice:

(a) stating that when 4 weeks have expired after service of the notice, the Director-General intends to take the action specified in the notice unless it has been established to the Director-General’s satisfaction that the action should not be taken, and

(b) stating the reasons for the intention to take the action, and

(c) stating that the licensee may make submissions to the Director-General about the proposed action within the period of 4 weeks after service of the notice.

(2) When 4 weeks have expired after the notice was served under subclause (1), the Director-General may, after considering any submissions made during that period by the licensee, take the action specified in the notice by a further notice served on the licensee.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to any action taken at the request of the licensee.

(4) Action taken pursuant to the further notice under subclause (2) takes effect on the date specified in the notice for that purpose.

(5) A licence is taken not to be in force while it is suspended.

(6) If a licence is revoked, the person who was the licensee under the licence immediately before the revocation:

(a) must return the licence to the Director-General within the period specified in the notice for its return, and

(b) must take all reasonably practicable steps to inform a parent of each child to whom the service is provided that the service will cease to be provided on the date specified in the notice for that purpose.

(7) If a licence has been suspended, the Director-General may, at any time during the period of suspension, restore the licence by serving on the person who was the licensee under the licence immediately before it was suspended a notice stating that the licence is restored.