40Authorised officer may give directions

40 Authorised officer may give directions

(1)  As the result of or during an inspection under section 38 , an authorised officer may give written directions to a holder of a licence, responsible person, person-in-charge or registered carer.

(2)  Without limiting the directions that may be given under subsection (1) , those directions may include directions requiring a holder of a licence, responsible person, person-in-charge or registered carer to take any action or measures to ensure that the holder, responsible person, person-in-charge or carer is not in, or does not continue to be in, contravention of this Act, the regulations, the Standards or the conditions to which the licence or registration is subject.

(3)  A person given a direction under subsection (1) must comply with the direction.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(4)  On convicting a person of an offence under subsection (3) , in addition to imposing a penalty the court may order that person to comply with the direction in respect of which the offence was committed.