Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

44.   Revocation

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    (1)   The Council may revoke a certificate of accreditation, if the Council has reasonable grounds to believe that an accredited institution has breached a condition in the certificate of accreditation.

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    (2)   If the Council believes that a ground exists to revoke a certificate of accreditation, the Council shall issue to an accredited institution a notice to provide —

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      (a)     the action which the Minister proposes to take under this Part;

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      (b)     the ground for the proposed action;

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      (c)     an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds; and

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      (d)     an invitation to the accredited institution to show within a specified period reasons why the proposed action must not be taken.

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    (3)   The specified period under subsection (2)(d) is a period ending at least 30 days after the notice under subsection (1) is given to the accredited institution.

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    (4)   An accredited institution may make written representations with respect to a notice under subsection (2) and the Council shall consider all such representations made by the accredited institution.

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    (5)   If, after considering the representations made under subsection (4), the Council no longer believes that a ground exists to revoke the certificate of accreditation, the Council shall —

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      (a)     not take further action with respect to the notice; and

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      (b)     give notice to the accredited institution that no further action will be taken under the notice.

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    (6)   If after considering the representations made under subsection (4), the Council believes that the ground exists to revoke the certificate of accreditation, the Council shall give notice to the accredited institution of its decision to revoke the certificate of accreditation.