Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 55I(1) amended by No. 7/2023 ss 27, 33(1).
(1) Subsection (2) applies if the Secretary is satisfied, whether as a result of a review under section 55P or 55PA or otherwise, that—
(a) a condition imposed on a medically supervised injecting centre licence has been contravened; or
S. 55I(1)(b) amended by No. 7/2023 s. 15(2)(a).
(b) the internal management protocols have been contravened; or
S. 55I(1)(c) inserted by No. 7/2023 s. 15(2)(b).
(c) a licensee has breached or terminated an agreement entered into, or a deed executed, in accordance with section 55EA(1).
(2) The Secretary may, as the Secretary considers appropriate, do all or any of the following—
(a) issue a written warning or reprimand to the licensee;
S. 55I(2)(b) substituted by No. 7/2023 s. 33(2).
(b) by written notice to the licensee, suspend the medically supervised injecting centre licence—
(i) from a day specified in the notice; and
(ii) either until the end of a period specified in the notice or until reinstatement under subsection (2B);
(c) by written notice to the licensee, impose a new condition on the licence;
(d) require the internal management protocols to be amended or replaced in accordance with a direction of the Secretary;
(e) amend the licence;
(f) vary a condition imposed under section 55C(4) or paragraph (c).
Note
The Secretary may also revoke the medically supervised injecting centre licence in these circumstances—see section 55J.
S. 55I(2A) inserted by No. 7/2023 s. 33(3).
(2A) A medically supervised injecting centre licence suspended under subsection (2)—
(a) is suspended on the day specified by the Secretary in respect of the suspension under section 55G(3)(c)(i); and
(b) remains suspended until whichever of the following occurs first—
(i) the expiry of the period specified in respect of the suspension under section 55G(3)(c)(ii) (if any); or
(ii) the licence is reinstated under subsection (2B).
S. 55I(2B) inserted by No. 7/2023 s. 33(3).
(2B) The Secretary may, by written notice to the licensee, reinstate a medically supervised injecting centre licence that has been suspended under subsection (2).
S. 55I(2C) inserted by No. 7/2023 s. 33(3).
(2C) A medically supervised injecting centre licence reinstated under subsection (2B) is reinstated on the day specified by the Secretary in the notice under that subsection.
S. 55I(3) amended by No. 7/2023 s. 33(4).
(3) The suspension of the medically supervised injecting centre licence does not alter the day on which the licence ceases to be in force as specified in the licence.
S. 55J inserted by No. 66/2017 s. 7, amended by No. 7/2023 s. 12 (ILA s. 39B(1)).