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Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017
sec.170Grounds for suspension or cancellation
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### sec.170 Grounds for suspension or cancellation
Each of the following is a ground for suspending or cancelling an adjudicator’s registration—
the adjudicator is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to hold the registration;
the adjudicator has contravened a requirement of the code of conduct made by the registrar under section 181 ;
the adjudicator has contravened a condition of the registration;
the registration was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration.
For forming a belief that the adjudicator is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to hold registration, the registrar—
must have regard to section 161 (1) ; and
may have regard to the matters mentioned in section 161 (2) .
(sec.170-ssec.1) Each of the following is a ground for suspending or cancelling an adjudicator’s registration— the adjudicator is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to hold the registration; the adjudicator has contravened a requirement of the code of conduct made by the registrar under section 181 ; the adjudicator has contravened a condition of the registration; the registration was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration.
(sec.170-ssec.2) For forming a belief that the adjudicator is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to hold registration, the registrar— must have regard to section 161 (1) ; and may have regard to the matters mentioned in section 161 (2) .
- (a) the adjudicator is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to hold the registration;
- (b) the adjudicator has contravened a requirement of the code of conduct made by the registrar under section 181 ;
- (c) the adjudicator has contravened a condition of the registration;
- (d) the registration was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration.
- (a) must have regard to section 161 (1) ; and
- (b) may have regard to the matters mentioned in section 161 (2) .