Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

3: Competence, fitness to practise, and quality assurance

56 Revocation of protection or revocation of appointment of person responsible




    56 Revocation of protection or revocation of appointment of person
responsible

  (1)  The Minister may at any time,---

      (a)  by written notice, revoke a notice issued under section 54; or

      (b)  by written notice, revoke the appointment of a person responsible
for a protected quality assurance activity if, in the Minister's opinion, the
person has neglected his or her duties or is not able to perform those duties
or has ceased to be suitable for appointment
under section 55(3).

  (2)  A notice, issued under section 54, in respect of a protected quality
assurance activity or the appointment of a person responsible for a protected
quality assurance activity may, without limitation to the generality of
subsection (1), be revoked if---

      (a)  the person has failed to comply with section 58; or

      (b)  each of the reports provided by the person under section 58 in the
previous 2 years has, in the Minister's opinion, been unsatisfactory,
taking into account the subject matter of the quality assurance activity;
or

      (c)  the progress of the quality assurance activity has, in the
Minister's opinion, been unsatisfactory, taking into account the subject
matter of the activity.

  (3)  Before the Minister revokes a notice issued under section 54 or revokes
the appointment of a person responsible for a protected quality assurance
activity, the Minister must---

      (a)  inform the person why the Minister believes that the notice or the
appointment should be revoked; and

      (b)  give the person a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions
in respect of the matter.

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