MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
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Suspension of licence
11.—(1) The Licensing Officer may, without compensation, immediately suspend a licence if proceedings for an offence specified in the Schedule have commenced and are pending against the licensee, a responsible officer of the licensee, or a person having substantial interest in, or control or direction over, the business of the licensee.
(2) The suspension of a licence has effect until the conclusion of the proceedings mentioned in subsection (1).
Revocation of licence
12.—(1) The Licensing Officer may, without compensation, revoke the licence of any licensee if—
- (a) the licence was procured by fraud or misrepresentation;
- (b) the licensee is in the opinion of the Licensing Officer no longer a fit and proper person to hold a licence, having regard to the criteria and requirements mentioned in section 7(4) and (5);
- (c) the licensee, a responsible officer of the licensee, or a person having substantial interest in, or control or direction over, the business of the licensee, is convicted of an offence specified in the Schedule;
- (d) the carrying on of the business of providing massage services in the licensee’s establishment for massage is, in the opinion of the Licensing Officer, likely to cause annoyance or inconvenience to the public or any class of the public;
- (e) any massage is or may be administered by any person in the licensee’s establishment for massage who does not possess the necessary qualification approved by the Licensing Officer under section 7(3)(f); or
- (f) the business of providing massage services in the licensee’s establishment for massage is or is likely to be carried on in contravention of any requirement of the Act.
