- (a) is valid for such period as the Licensing Officer may specify in the approval, subject to such conditions as the Licensing Officer may impose; and
- (b) may be renewed upon its expiry, subject to such conditions as the Licensing Officer may impose.
Cancellation of approval
17.—(1) The Licensing Officer may, without compensation, cancel any approval granted under section 15 in respect of an individual to work in an establishment for massage (called in this section the relevant individual), on any of the following grounds:
- (a) the Licensing Officer is not satisfied that the relevant individual is a fit and proper person to continue to be employed to work in the establishment for massage according to such criteria as the Minister may prescribe;
- (b) the licensee of the establishment for massage has, in connection with the application for approval, made a statement or furnished any information or document which is false or misleading in a material particular;
- (c) the establishment for massage has ceased operations.
(2) Before cancelling the approval granted under section 15, the Licensing Officer must give notice to the licensee concerned and the relevant individual concerned—
- (a) stating that the Licensing Officer intends to cancel the approval; and
- (b) specifying the time within which written representations may be made to the Licensing Officer.
(3) The time specified by the Licensing Officer in the notice given to the licensee and the relevant individual under subsection (2) must not be less than 14 days after the date of the notice.
(4) Despite subsection (3), the Licensing Officer may specify a time, being less than 14 days after the date of the notice mentioned in subsection (2), if—
