Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Under section 58B
of the Act, the Council may suspend or cancel a WA registered provider’s
registration if it is satisfied as to any of these matters —
(a) the
provider was registered as a result of false or misleading information given
by the provider;
(b) the
provider has requested or consents to the suspension or cancellation;
(c) the
provider has ceased to exist;
(d) the
provider does not meet the standards in the continuing registration
requirements;
(e) the
provider has contravened a condition to which its registration is subject;
(f) the
provider is not a fit and proper person to be registered having regard to the
matters in regulation 12(6);
(g) the
provider has not paid any annual fee in accordance with regulation 15.
(2) Under section 58B
of the Act, the Council may suspend or cancel a WA registered provider’s
registration for a reason specified by subregulation (1) even if —
(a) the
provider’s principal place of business is no longer in WA; or
(b) all
or most of the vocational education and training that the provider provides is
no longer in WA,
and even if the
provider has applied to another registering body to be registered as a
training provider under a corresponding law.
(3) The suspension of
a WA registered provider’s registration may relate to the whole or a
part of the provider’s scope of registration, as the Council decides.
(4) To suspend a WA
registered provider’s registration, the Council must give the provider a
written order suspending the registration that includes —
(a) the
reasons for the suspension; and
(b) any
terms applicable to the suspension under regulation 20.
(5) If a WA registered
provider’s registration is suspended, the provider does not cease to be
a registered training provider.
(6) The Council must
not cancel a WA registered provider’s registration unless it has
consulted the registering body of any other jurisdiction where the provider
operates.
(7) A contravention of
subregulation (6) does not affect the validity of any cancellation of the
provider’s registration.
(8) If the Council
cancels a WA registered provider’s registration, the Council must, if
practicable, give the provider written notice of its decision and the reasons
for it.
[Regulation 19 amended in Gazette
25 Oct 2011 p. 4510.]