Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
502Compliance notice
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502 Compliance notice
(1) The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission may serve a compliance notice on a mental health and wellbeing service provider if the Commission is satisfied that—
(a) the mental health and wellbeing service provider has not complied with an undertaking given under Part 9.3; or
(b) after conducting an investigation under Part 9.4 or a follow-up investigation, the mental health and wellbeing service provider has contravened this Act or the regulations; or
(c) the mental health and wellbeing service provider has—
(i) acknowledged it has contravened this Act or the regulations; and
(ii) not given an undertaking under Part 9.3.
(2) A compliance notice may—
(a) specify the action to be taken by a mental health and wellbeing service provider for the purpose of ensuring compliance with an undertaking given under Part 9.3 or compliance with this Act and the regulations; and
(b) specify the time within which the action referred to in paragraph (a) is to be taken; and
(c) require the mental health and wellbeing service provider to report to the Commission within a specified time after having taken the action referred to in paragraph (a).
(3) The Commission may extend the period specified in a compliance notice for taking specified action by a mental health and wellbeing service provider.