8 Removal from register and imposition or variation of conditions.E+W
(1)If the Chief Inspector is satisfied that any of the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) is satisfied with respect to an inspector registered in his register, he may remove the name of that inspector from that register.
(2)The conditions are that—
(a)he is no longer a fit and proper person for discharging the functions of a registered inspector under this Part;
(b)he is no longer capable of conducting inspections under this Part competently and effectively;
(c)there has been a significant failure on his part to comply with any condition imposed under section 7(5)(c) and subject to which his registration has effect;
(d)he has [F1, without reasonable explanation,] produced a report of an inspection which is, in whole or in part, seriously misleading.
(3)If the Chief Inspector is satisfied—
(a)that he is authorised by subsection (2) to remove the name of an inspector from his register, or
(b)that it would otherwise be in the public interest to act under this subsection,
he may vary any condition subject to which the registration of that inspector has effect or vary that registration by imposing a condition subject to which it will have effect.
(4)Either Chief Inspector may, in exercising his functions under this section with respect to a registered inspector, have regard to any action taken by the other Chief Inspector with respect to that registered inspector.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 8(2)(d) substituted (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 44, s. 42, Sch. 6 para.4; S.I. 1997/1468, arts. 2,4, Sch. 1 Pt. II, Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 Pt. I)