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- specified in the direction (if specified), to rectify a contravention or non-compliance or prevent a recurrence of the contravention or non-compliance;
- (vi) shorten (for not longer than prescribed) the term of the licence;
- (vii) suspend the licence for a period that the Director thinks fit;
- (viii) direct the licensee to pay, within a period specified, a financial penalty of the amount that the Director thinks fit, being—
- (A) not more than $10,000 for each contravention or non-compliance mentioned in subsection (1)(b) that is the subject; or
- (B) in any other case, not more than $10,000.
(3) The revocation of a licence under subsection (2)(a), the shortening of the term of a licence under subsection (2)(b)(vi), or the suspension of a licence under subsection (2)(b)(vii), may be in respect of—
- (a) the licensable healthcare service to which the licence relates;
- (b) one or more premises at which the licensable healthcare service authorised by the licence is provided; or
- (c) one or more conveyances used to provide the licensable healthcare service.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1)(e), a company is unable to pay its debts if it is a company which is deemed to be so unable under any written law relating to the insolvency of companies.
(5) In any proceedings under this section in relation to the conviction of any person for an offence, the Director must accept the person’s conviction as final.
