60Registered practitioner to notify Secretary of certain events

60 Registered practitioner to notify Secretary of certain events

60 Registered practitioner to notify Secretary of certain events

A registered practitioner must notify the Secretary in writing of the following events within 7 days after becoming aware of the event—

(a) a relevant authorisation held by the practitioner being suspended or cancelled, other than at the practitioner’s request,

(b) proceedings being instituted against the practitioner (including, if the practitioner is a registered body corporate, proceedings being instituted against a director of the body corporate) for a contravention of a requirement imposed by or under this Act or another law that applies to the work to which the registration applies,

(c) the practitioner (including, if the practitioner is a registered body corporate, a director of the body corporate) being found guilty of a contravention of a requirement imposed by or under this Act or another law that applies to the work to which the registration applies,

(d) the practitioner (including, if the practitioner is a registered body corporate, a director of the body corporate) being investigated by a government agency or a body that issues a relevant authorisation, whether in New South Wales or another Australian jurisdiction, in relation to—

(i) the carrying out of work authorised to be carried out under a relevant authorisation, or

(ii) a failure to comply with a relevant authorisation,

(e) the practitioner (including, if the practitioner is a registered body corporate, a director of the body corporate) becoming bankrupt or making a composition, arrangement or assignment for the benefit of creditors,

(f) if the practitioner is a registered body corporate, the registered body corporate becoming the subject of a winding up order or having a controller or administrator appointed,

(g) if the practitioner is a registered body corporate, the appointment of a person as a director or a person concerned in the management of the body corporate, or a person ceasing to be a director or a person concerned in the management of the body corporate,

(h) any event prescribed by the regulations.

Maximum penalty—250 penalty units (in the case of a body corporate) or 50 penalty units (in any other case).

s 60: Am 2021 No 23, Sch 1.6[3] [4].