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Part 2Licences and certificates
Certificates: how to get them

31Cancellation and suspension of certificates

  1. A Licensing Authority may cancel or suspend a person’s certificate if—

  2. the Licensing Authority upholds a Police complaint made under section 29; or
    1. the Licensing Authority is satisfied that the person is disqualified from holding a certificate and—
      1. the person has not sought a waiver of disqualification under section 23; or
        1. the Licensing Authority has refused an application by the person for a waiver of disqualification under section 23; or
        2. the Licensing Authority is satisfied that the certificate was obtained by fraud or mistake.

          1. A cancellation or suspension must be in writing, with reasons, and must state the date on which the cancellation or suspension takes effect.

          2. If a Licensing Authority suspends a certificate, the suspension must be for a fixed period of not more than 3 months, and at the end of that period the Licensing Authority must either lift the suspension or cancel the certificate.

          3. A certificate holder commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000, if he or she fails without reasonable excuse to return a cancelled certificate to a Licensing Authority immediately upon cancellation of the certificate.

          Compare
          • 1908 No 141 s 14
          • 1963 No 10 ss 17, 18
          Notes
          • Section 31(1): amended, on , by section 304 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
          • Section 31(3): amended, on , by section 285 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
          • Section 31(4): amended, on , by section 304 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
          • Section 31(4): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).