Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Licensing of Early Childhood Development Centres
14. Voluntary cessation of operation or surrender of licence
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wholly and permanently cease operating the early childhood development centre specified in the licensee’s licence; or
for any reason surrender the licence.
A notice under subsection (1) must be made to the Chief Licensing Officer not later than the prescribed time before the following date, whichever is applicable:
Chief Licensing Officer
“Chief Licensing Officer” means the public officer appointed under section 5(1)(a);
the date on which the early childhood development centre is to wholly and permanently cease operations;
the date on which the licensee intends the surrender of the licence to take effect.
No part of any licence fee or renewal fee may be refunded to the licensee upon the cessation of the operation of an early childhood development centre or surrender of a licence under this section.
licence
“licence” means a licence granted or renewed under this Act authorising the licensee to operate the early childhood development centre specified in the licence;