sec.15Immediate suspension

sec.15 Immediate suspension

The chief executive may immediately suspend a person’s operator accreditation by giving a regulation notice to the person if— the person, or a relevant associate of the person, is charged with a disqualifying offence and the charge has not been dealt with; or the chief executive considers the suspension is necessary in the public interest. The chief executive considers the person has engaged in conduct causing, or likely to cause, harm to another person, including, for example, a driver or passenger of a vehicle used to provide the public passenger service provided by the operator. The immediate suspension has effect until— if the ground is that the person, or a relevant associate of the person, has been charged with a disqualifying offence and the charge has not been dealt with—the earlier of the following— the charge is dealt with; the chief executive gives the person a regulation notice under section 14 ; the chief executive gives the person written notice ending the suspension; or in any other case, the earlier of the following— the chief executive gives the person a regulation notice under section 14 ; the end of 56 days after the regulation notice under subsection (1) is given to the person; the chief executive gives the person written notice ending the immediate suspension. This section applies despite sections 12 , 13 and 14 . s 15 amd 2026 SL No. 4 s 9 (sec.15-ssec.1) The chief executive may immediately suspend a person’s operator accreditation by giving a regulation notice to the person if— the person, or a relevant associate of the person, is charged with a disqualifying offence and the charge has not been dealt with; or the chief executive considers the suspension is necessary in the public interest. The chief executive considers the person has engaged in conduct causing, or likely to cause, harm to another person, including, for example, a driver or passenger of a vehicle used to provide the public passenger service provided by the operator. (sec.15-ssec.2) The immediate suspension has effect until— if the ground is that the person, or a relevant associate of the person, has been charged with a disqualifying offence and the charge has not been dealt with—the earlier of the following— the charge is dealt with; the chief executive gives the person a regulation notice under section 14 ; the chief executive gives the person written notice ending the suspension; or in any other case, the earlier of the following— the chief executive gives the person a regulation notice under section 14 ; the end of 56 days after the regulation notice under subsection (1) is given to the person; the chief executive gives the person written notice ending the immediate suspension. (sec.15-ssec.3) This section applies despite sections 12 , 13 and 14 .

• (a) the person, or a relevant associate of the person, is charged with a disqualifying offence and the charge has not been dealt with; or