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HEALTHCARE SERVICES
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(b) may authorise the Director—
(i) to directly take over, or appoint a step-in operator to take over, the operations of the designated licensee or a specified part of those operations; and
(ii) to do any thing mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c) may specify that—
(i) the step-in operator has the functions and powers in relation to the operations of the designated licensee that are specified in the order;
(ii) the designated licensee is to stop providing healthcare services to specified patients or customers on and from a specified date;
(iii) the step-in operator must have access to, and take control or management of, the premises or other assets and other property (including intellectual property), licences and employees used or required by the designated licensee for the purpose of carrying on the operations specified in the order; and
(iv) the Director must have access to, and be able to make copies of or take extracts from, any document or record in the possession or under the control of the designated licensee that is relevant to the order;
(d) where an order mentioned in paragraph (a)(iii) or (iv) is made, may specify, in addition to any matter that may be specified under paragraph (c), that—
(i) the designated licensee must notify the Director of the identity of the other licensee mentioned in paragraph (a)(iii) or (iv); and
(ii) the other licensee must have access to, and be able to make copies of or take extracts from, any document or record in the possession or under the control of the designated licensee for the purpose of the order; and