Section 5

Subject as provided in this Act, the Director may at any time cancel the registration of a person in respect of a home on any ground which would entitle him to refuse an application for the registration of that person in respect of the home or on the ground that that person has been convicted of an offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder or that any other person has been convicted of such an offence in respect of that home.

Before making an order refusing an application for registration or an order cancelling any registration, the Director shall give to the applicant or to the person registered, as the case may be, not less than 14 days’ notice of his intention to make such an order and every such notice which shall be in the prescribed form shall state the grounds on which the Director intends to make the order and shall contain an intimation that, if within 14 days after the receipt of the notice the applicant or the person registered informs the Director in writing that he desires to do so, the Director shall, before making the order, give him an opportunity of showing cause, in person or by a representative, why the order should not be made.

If the Director, after giving the applicant or the person registered (if under subsection (2) he desires to do so) an opportunity of showing cause, decides to refuse the application for registration or to cancel the registration, he shall make an order in the prescribed form to that effect and shall serve notice in writing thereof by registered post to the applicant or the person registered.

Any person aggrieved by an order refusing an application for registration or cancelling any registration may, within 14 days of the service of the notice, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.

No such order shall come into force until the expiration of 14 days from the service of the notice of the order or, where notice of appeal is given against it, until the appeal has been decided or withdrawn.