113Power to give prohibition notice

113 Power to give prohibition notice (1) The Secretary may give a written notice to a regulated person prohibiting the regulated person from engaging in a specified activity if the Secretary reasonably believes— (a) the regulated person has contravened, is contravening or is likely to contravene— (i) a provision of the Act or the regulations; or (ii) a condition imposed on the person's registration as a registered ART provider; and (b) that, having regard to the immediacy of the risk of harm and the degree of harm to health or safety that may be caused by the contravention or likely contravention, prohibiting the person from engaging in the specified activity is necessary to prevent or minimise that risk. (2) In addition, the Secretary may require a regulated person to whom a prohibition notice is given to take any specified action the Secretary reasonably believes is necessary— (a) to prevent or minimise the risk to health or safety; or (b) to rectify the contravention; or (c) to cease the contravention; or (d) to prevent a likely contravention from occurring; or (e) to address the matters or activities that caused a contravention. (3) The Secretary may require a regulated person to whom a prohibition notice is given to— (a) give a copy of the notice to a person or class of person; or (b) display a copy of the notice in a manner specified in the notice. New s. 114 inserted by No. 39/2024 s. 74.