Singapore legislation
Clause 17
Clause 17
Cancellation of approval
(1)
The Licensing Officer may, without compensation, cancel any approval granted under section 15 in respect of an individual to work in an establishment for massage (called in this section the relevant individual), on any of the following grounds:
the Licensing Officer is not satisfied that the relevant individual is a fit and proper person to continue to be employed to work in the establishment for massage according to such criteria as the Minister may prescribe;
the licensee of the establishment for massage has, in connection with the application for approval, made a statement or furnished any information or document which is false or misleading in a material particular;
the establishment for massage has ceased operations.
(2)
Before cancelling the approval granted under section 15, the Licensing Officer must give notice to the licensee concerned and the relevant individual concerned —
stating that the Licensing Officer intends to cancel the approval; and
specifying the time within which written representations may be made to the Licensing Officer.
(3)
The time specified by the Licensing Officer in the notice given to the licensee and the relevant individual under subsection (2) must not be less than 14 days after the date of the notice.
(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 approval to be cancelled as soon as possible; or
the licensee or the relevant individual is contravening, or has contravened, any requirement of the Act.
(5)
The Licensing Officer may, after considering any written representation made by the licensee or the relevant individual, cancel the approval granted under section 15 and notify the licensee and the relevant individual of the cancellation.
(6)
The licensee must, within 7 days after the date of the notification mentioned in subsection (5), terminate the employment of the relevant individual to whom the notification relates.
(7)
The Licensing Officer must, if so required by the licensee or the relevant individual, furnish the licensee or relevant individual (as the case may be), within 7 days after being so required, with the grounds in writing of the cancellation of the approval granted under section 15.
(8)
Any licensee or relevant individual who is aggrieved by the cancellation of the approval under subsection (5) may appeal in writing against the cancellation to the Minister —
within 14 days after being notified of the cancellation; or
if the licensee or relevant individual requires (within the period mentioned in paragraph (a)) the Licensing Officer to furnish the grounds of the cancellation, within 14 days after being furnished with the grounds of cancellation,and the Minister’s decision is final.
(9)
A decision of the Licensing Officer to cancel an approval granted under section 15 takes effect despite an appeal against that decision made to the Minister under subsection (8), unless the Minister otherwise specifies.