s 54 Revocation of licence
54.—(1) The licensing officer may revoke a licence if the licensing officer is satisfied that —(a) the licensee has contravened any condition of the licence; (b) the licence had been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; (c) a circumstance that the licensing officer becomes aware of would have required or permitted the licensing officer to refuse to grant or renew the licensee’s licence, had the licensing officer been aware of the circumstance immediately before the licence was granted or renewed; (d) the licensee has ceased to carry on the business of providing alarm monitoring services in respect of which the licence is granted; (e) the licensee has been declared bankrupt or has gone into compulsory or voluntary liquidation other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction; (f) the licensee is contravening, or has contravened, any requirement of this Act; (g) the licensee has been convicted of any offence under this Act; (h) the licensee is no longer a fit and proper person to continue to hold the licence; or (i) it is in the public interest to do so.[22/2019] (2) Before revoking the licence, the licensing officer must give notice to the licensee concerned —(a) stating that the licensing officer intends to revoke the licence; and (b) specifying the time within which written representations may be made to the licensing officer.[22/2019] (3) The time specified by the licensing officer in the notice given under subsection (2) must not be less than 14 days after the date of the notice.[22/2019] (4) Despite subsection (3), the licensing officer may specify a time, being less than 14 days after the date of the notice mentioned in subsection (2), if the licensing officer is of the opinion that it is in the public interest for the licence to be revoked as soon as possible.[22/2019] (5) The licensing officer may, after considering any written representation made by the licensee concerned, revoke the licence and notify the licensee of the revocation.[22/2019] (6) The licensing officer must provide the licensee with the grounds of revocation of the licence, in writing, within 7 days after being so required by the licensee.[22/2019] (7) Any person who is aggrieved by the revocation of the person’s licence may appeal to the Minister —(a) within 14 days after being notified of the revocation; or (b) if, within the period mentioned in paragraph (a), the person requires the licensing officer to provide the grounds of revocation — within 14 days after being provided with the grounds of revocation.[22/2019] (8) A decision of the licensing officer to revoke the licence takes effect despite an appeal against that decision being made to the Minister.[22N [22/2019]