Section 405 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Revocation of approval

405 Revocation of approval (1) Subject to this section, where the chief executive is satisfied, in relation to any Community Service, that the Service is no longer providing services designed to further the objects of this Act, or is not providing services of an adequate standard, the chief executive may exercise either or both of the following powers: (a) If the chief executive considers that suspension of the approval of the Community Service is desirable in the public interest, the chief executive may suspend the approval of the Service: (b) After giving the Service not less than 60 days' notice of the date on which the chief executive will consider the matter, the chief executive may revoke the approval of the Service. (2) Where the chief executive revokes or suspends the approval of a Community Service under subsection (1) of this section, the chief executive shall— (a) Give notice of the suspension or revocation to the Community Service and the reasons for it; and (b) Give notice of the suspension or revocation in the Gazette . (3) Every Community Service to whom a notice is given under subsection (1)(b) of this section is entitled to make submissions to the chief executive, and the chief executive shall have regard to those submissions before deciding whether or not to revoke the approval of the Service. Section 405 was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by substituting “ chief executive ” for “ Director-General ” .