Schedule 3Regulatory and enforcement powers
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In section 259 (suspension of officer etc during inquiry)—
(a)
in subsection (1)(a), for “non-profit” substitute “private”
;
(b)
in subsection (1)(b), for “either” substitute “any”
;
(c)
“that—
(a)
the affairs of the registered provider have been mismanaged, or
(b)
the registered provider has failed to meet a standard under section 193, 194 or 194C.”;
(d)
“(3A)
Case 3 applies if the regulator is satisfied that an officer, employee or agent of the registered provider is obstructing, or failing to co-operate with, the inquiry.”;
(e)
“(4)
The regulator may by order—
(a)
where Case 1 or Case 2 applies, suspend any officer, employee or agent of the registered provider who it thinks has contributed to the mismanagement or failure, or
(b)
where Case 3 applies, suspend the officer, employee or agent who it thinks is obstructing, or failing to co-operate with, the inquiry.”