s 31 Suspension and cancellation of registration, licence or certificate
31.—(1) The Director-General may suspend or cancel the registration of a vector control operator, a vector control technician’s licence or a vector control worker’s certificate if the Director‑General is satisfied that —(a) the grant of the registration, licence or certificate has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; (b) the person to whom the registration, licence or certificate has been granted is contravening, or has contravened or failed to comply with —(i) any of the provisions of this Act; (ii) any condition subject to which the registration, licence or certificate (as the case may be) was granted to the person; or (iii) any direction given to the person by the Director‑General or an authorised officer under this Act; (c) the person to whom the registration, licence or certificate has been granted has ceased to carry on business as a vector control operator, vector control technician or vector control worker, as the case may be; (d) in the case of a person who has been granted a provisional vector control technician’s licence or a provisional vector control worker’s certificate, that person has failed to complete the training mentioned in section 29(6); or (e) it is in the public interest to suspend or cancel the registration, licence or certificate. (2) The Director-General, before suspending or cancelling any registration, licence or certificate under subsection (1), must —(a) give the person to whom the registration, licence or certificate has been granted written notice of the Director‑General’s intention to do so; and (b) in the notice call upon that person to show cause within such time as may be specified in the notice as to why the registration, licence or certificate should not be suspended or cancelled. (3) If the person to whom a notice has been given under subsection (2) —(a) fails to show cause within the period of time given to the person to do so or such extended period of time as the Director‑General may allow; or (b) fails to show sufficient cause, the Director-General must give written notice to that person of the date from which the suspension or cancellation of the registration, licence or certificate (as the case may be) takes effect. [4/2002] (4) For the purposes of this section —(a) any reference to a vector control technician’s licence includes a reference to a provisional vector control technician’s licence; and (b) any reference to a vector control worker’s certificate includes a reference to a provisional vector control worker’s certificate.