31Cancellation and suspension, &c., of accreditation

31 Cancellation and suspension, &c., of accreditation

(1)  The Commission may cancel or suspend or impose probationary status on an accreditation if –

(a) the Commission is satisfied on reasonable grounds that –

(i) the accredited operator or, if applicable, relevant responsible person has contravened the conditions of the accreditation in a material way (or caused or allowed other persons to do so); or

(ii) the accredited operator or, if applicable, relevant responsible person has contravened relevant safety, security or related standards approved under section 16 (or caused or allowed other persons to do so); or

(iii) the accredited operator or, if applicable, relevant responsible person has contravened vehicle safety inspection requirements, if any, prescribed by the regulations (or caused or allowed other persons to do so); or

(iv) in the case of accreditation in respect of a passenger transport service, the accredited operator has operated a passenger transport service of a kind not permitted under the accreditation; or

(v) the accredited operator, being required to have a responsible person for the purposes of the accreditation, does not have such responsible person; or

(vi) the accredited operator has failed to pay prescribed fees relevant to the accreditation after due demand has been made for their payment; or

(via) [Section 31 Subsection (1) amended by No. 28 of 2020, s. 13, Applied:01 Dec 2022] the accredited operator, or the relevant responsible person, has failed to comply with an improvement notice issued to the accredited operator or relevant responsible person, respectively; or

(vii) the accredited operator or, if applicable, relevant responsible person has failed to furnish the Commission with information it reasonably requires in relation to the accreditation after due demand has been made for that information; or

(b) the Commission, having regard to the same matters as are relevant under section 19(2) and (4) , is satisfied that –