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Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013
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#### 39‑3A Secretary may issue notice to rectify
(1) This section applies if:
(a) the Secretary has notified an approved provider under subsection 39‑3(2) that the Secretary is considering revoking the \*certification of the approved provider’s residential care service because the service has ceased to be suitable for certification; and
(b) the approved provider has made submissions to the Secretary in accordance with the invitation under paragraph 39‑3(2)(b); and
(c) the Secretary is satisfied that the submissions:
(i) propose appropriate action to rectify the unsuitability of the service; or
(ii) set out sufficient reason for the unsuitability.
(2) The Secretary may give the approved provider a notice in accordance with subsection (3).
(3) The notice must be in writing and must:
(a) inform the approved provider that, within 14 days after the date of the notice, or within such shorter period as is specified in the notice, the approved provider must give a written undertaking to the Secretary to rectify the unsuitability of the service; and
(b) inform the approved provider that the \*certification will be revoked at the time specified in the notice if the undertaking is not given or complied with.
(4) The undertaking must:
(a) be in a form approved by the Secretary; and
(b) contain a description and acknowledgement of the unsuitability of the service; and
(c) set out the action the approved provider proposes to take to rectify the unsuitability of the service; and
(d) set out the period within which such action will be taken; and
(e) contain an acknowledgement that a failure by the approved provider to comply with the undertaking will result in the \*certification being revoked.
(5) If the approved provider fails to give the undertaking within the specified time or fails to comply with the undertaking, the Secretary must:
(a) revoke the \*certification; and
(b) give the approved provider written notice of the revocation.