Publicising sanctions or suspensions
199B Publicising sanctions or suspensions
If any of the following events occur, the Secretary may publicise the event in any way the Secretary thinks appropriate:
the Secretary refuses under subsection 194B(7) to approve a provider in respect of a child care service;
the Secretary imposes under subsection 195F(2) a condition for continued approval on an approved provider;
the Secretary does one or more of the things mentioned in subsection 195H(1);
the Secretary refuses under subsection 196B(4) to vary an approved provider’s approval by adding a service to the approval;
the Secretary suspends the approval of an approved provider under subsection 197A(1);
the approval of an approved provider, or the approval of an approved provider in respect of one or more services, is suspended by operation of section 197AB;
the Secretary suspends, cancels or varies the approval of an approved provider under subsection 197B(1);
the approval of an approved provider is cancelled or varied by operation of section 197L;
a person is ordered by a court to pay a pecuniary penalty in relation to a civil penalty provision of this Act;
a person is convicted of an offence against this Act (including an offence against Chapter 7 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Act);
an infringement notice has been issued to a person under Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act in relation to an alleged contravention of a civil penalty provision of this Act.
Without limiting subsection (1), the Secretary may publicise information that includes the following:
the name of the provider;
the name and address of an approved child care service or former approved child care service of the provider;
the grounds for the occurrence of the event specified in subsection (1);
if the information relates to a condition imposed under subsection 195F(2)—the condition or details of the condition;
if the information relates to the doing of one or more of the things mentioned in subsection 195H(1):
the things done; and
the day when each thing done takes effect; and
each condition for continued approval of the provider with which the provider has not complied, or is not complying, and details of the non‑compliance; and
the day (if any) when each thing done ceases to have effect;
if the information relates to a suspension under subsection 197A(1) or section 197AB:
the day when the suspension takes effect; and
the day (if any) when the suspension ceases to have effect;
if the information relates to a suspension, cancellation or variation under subsection 197B(1):
the day when the suspension, cancellation or variation takes effect; and
the details of the infringement notices which formed the grounds for the suspension, cancellation or variation; and
if the information relates to a suspension—the day (if any) when the suspension ceases to have effect;
if the information relates to a cancellation or variation under section 197L—the day when the cancellation or variation takes effect;
if the information relates to the issuing of an infringement notice—details of the infringement notice.
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