49AImmediate suspension in certain circumstances

49A Immediate suspension in certain circumstances

[Section 49A Inserted by No. 46 of 2015, s. 27, Applied:27 Nov 2015]

(1)  If the Registrar makes a determination under section 49(2) to suspend a person's registration while an additional risk assessment is conducted –

(a) the Registrar is to notify the person, in writing, of that suspension; and

(ab) [Section 49A Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:05 Sep 2017] if the person engages in a regulated activity allowed by the registration for an employer and the Registrar is aware of that employer, the Registrar is to notify that employer, in writing, of the suspension while the additional risk assessment is conducted; and

(b) sections 50 and 51 do not apply in relation to that suspension; and

(c) that suspension takes effect on the day on which the person would receive the notice in the normal course of events and continues until the first of the following occurs:

(i) the Registrar, on completing the additional risk assessment, notifies the person of a positive additional risk assessment, within the meaning of section 46 ;

(ii) the Registrar, on completing the additional risk assessment and after complying with sections 50 and 51 , notifies the person under section 51 that either the registration will be suspended or cancelled or will not be suspended or cancelled.

(1A)  [Section 49A Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 18 of 2019, s. 33, Applied:01 Feb 2021] A registered person who is the subject of a determination to suspend made under section 49(2) may, after 6 months after the notice in respect of that determination is given to the registered person under subsection (1)(a) , apply to the Registrar to review that determination.

(1B)  On receiving an application to review under , the Registrar may –