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PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITIES ACT 2007 - SECT 7
Approval in principle or refusal of application
(1) The Secretary must, after considering an application for a licence under
this Division-- (a) give an approval in principle to the application, or
(b)
refuse the application.
(2) The Secretary may give an approval in principle
unconditionally or subject to conditions, including conditions relating to--
(a) the design and construction of any clinical areas to be constructed,
altered or extended for the purposes of the proposed facility, and
(b) the
times by which any such design and construction must be completed.
(3) In
determining whether to give an approval in principle, the Secretary is not to
take into account whether any such approval has been previously given or
refused.
(4) The Secretary may refuse an application for a licence only if
the Secretary is satisfied that-- (a) the applicant, or any of the applicants,
is not a fit and proper person to be a licensee or if the applicant is a
corporation, a director or a person concerned in the management of the
corporation is not a fit and proper person to be a licensee, or
(b) the
proposed facility is not capable of being conducted by the applicant in
accordance with the licensing standards, or
(c) having regard to any
development guidelines approved by the Secretary and published in the Gazette,
the application should be refused, or
(d) the applicant (or, where the
applicant is a corporation, any director or other person concerned in the
management of the corporation) has been convicted of an offence under this Act
or the regulations, or
(e) the applicant (or, where the applicant is a
corporation, any director or other person concerned in the management of the
corporation) has been convicted in New South Wales of an offence punishable by
imprisonment for a period of 12 months or more, or is convicted elsewhere than
in New South Wales of an offence which, if committed in New South Wales, would
be an offence so punishable, or
(f) the applicant (being a natural person)
has been bankrupt, or has applied to take the benefit of any law for the
relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, has compounded with his or her
creditors or has made an assignment of his or her remuneration for their
benefit, or
(g) where the applicant is a corporation--a receiver or manager
has been appointed in respect of the property of the applicant or the
applicant has been commenced to be wound up or is under official management.
(5) The Secretary must, if he or she gives an approval in principle, notify
the applicant in writing of that approval and any conditions to which the
approval is subject.
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