48Grounds for refusal

48 Grounds for refusal (1) The Regulatory Authority must refuse to grant a service approval if— (a) the Regulatory Authority is satisfied that the service, if permitted to operate, would constitute an unacceptable risk to the safety, health or wellbeing of children who would be educated or cared for by the children's service; or (b) the applicant does not have a provider approval. (2) The Regulatory Authority may refuse to grant a service approval on any other prescribed grounds. S. 48(3) inserted by No. 33/2023 s. 15. (3) The Regulatory Authority must not refuse to grant a service approval on the ground that the proposed children's service premises do not meet the approval in principle criteria if— (a) the approved provider is an approval in principle holder for the premises; and (b) the premises were constructed, altered or repaired in accordance with the plans, drawings or specifications attached to, or described in, the approval in principle. S. 48(4) inserted by No. 33/2023 s. 15. (4) Subsection (3) does not prevent the Regulatory Authority from refusing to grant a service approval on any other ground, including a ground set out in subsection (1)(a) or section 46(1)(a). New s. 49 inserted by No. 37/2019 s. 8.