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Section 16

Revocation of licence

of Sewerage Services Enactment 2017

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Section 16
(1)

The Director may revoke a licence under any of the following circumstances:

(a)

the licensee has failed to comply with any provisions of this Enactment or any subsidiary legislation made under this Enactment;

(b)

the licensee has failed to comply with any of the conditions of the licence;

(c)

the licensee had obtained the licence by fraud or misrepresentation;

(d)

the licensee has been convicted of an offence under this Enactment or subsidiary legislation made under this Enactment;

(e)

a receiver, receiver and manager, provisional liquidator or like official has been appointed over the whole or substantial part of the licensee's assets and such appointment is not revoked or annulled within a period of sixty days from the date of such appointment; or

(f)

there has been any act or default on the part of the licensee or there has been a change of circumstances such that the licensee would no longer be entitled to be granted a licence under this Enactment.

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(2)

Before the Director makes a decision under subsection (1), the Director may, by notice in writing, give the licensee an opportunity to show cause against the revocation.

(3)

The licensee shall not be entitled to any form of compensation if the licence is revoked in accordance with subsection (1).