34Cancellation of registration by Regulator

34 Cancellation of registration by Regulator

(1) The Regulator may cancel the registration of a registered social service provider—

(a) if the registered social service provider no longer provides the services for which it is registered to provide; or

(b) in any other circumstances that the Regulator considers it appropriate to do so.

(2) Before the Regulator cancels registration under subsection (1)—

(a) the Regulator must give written notice to the service provider of—

(i) its intention to cancel the registration; and

(ii) the reason for the cancellation; and

(b) the service provider must be given the opportunity to make submissions to the Regulator for a period of 14 days after receiving the notice.

(3) The Regulator must consider any submission received under subsection (2)(b) before cancelling registration under subsection (1).