HEALTHCARE SERVICES
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PART 4
STEP-IN ARRANGEMENTS FOR DESIGNATED LICENSEES
Application of this Part
32. This Part applies only in relation to a licensee of a prescribed category or description (called in this Part a designated licensee).
Step-in order
33.—(1) The Minister may make an order under this section (called a step-in order) if—
- (a) one or more licences of a designated licensee are suspended, revoked or surrendered;
- (b) a designated licensee—
- (i) is, or is likely to be, declared a bankrupt;
- (ii) has gone, or is likely to go, into compulsory or voluntary liquidation other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction; or
- (iii) is, or is likely to be, placed under judicial management of a judicial manager under any written law relating to the insolvency of companies;
- (c) a designated licensee is contravening or not complying with any provision of this Act;
- (d) a designated licensee is carrying on its operations in a manner that is detrimental, or is likely to be detrimental, to the interests of the designated licensee’s patients or customers; or
- (e) the Minister considers it in the public interest to do so,
and on receipt of the written opinion of the Director that it is necessary to take over some or all of the operations of the designated licensee to ensure that the designated licensee’s patients or customers receive the appropriate healthcare services or an adequate provision of healthcare services.
