(1) The Minister may
cancel the registration of a community kindergarten at any time if the
Minister is satisfied —
(a) that
the buildings or facilities of the kindergarten present a risk to the safety
or health of the children or staff at the kindergarten; or
(b) that
there has been mismanagement by the governing body or its management
committee; or
(c) that
the kindergarten or its governing body is not complying with —
(i)
this Act; or
(ii)
any relevant requirement of the
School Curriculum and Standards Authority Act 1997 ; or
(iii)
any condition of the kindergarten’s registration;
or
(iv)
a direction given under section 202;
or
(d) that
it is in the best interests of the children at the kindergarten to do so.
(2) The Minister is
not to cancel the registration of a community kindergarten without first
—
(a)
notifying the governing body of the proposed cancellation and of the reasons
for it; and
(b)
giving the governing body a reasonable opportunity to show why the
registration should not be cancelled.
(3) Subsection (2)
does not apply if in the opinion of the Minister the health or welfare of
persons may be at risk if the registration is not cancelled immediately.
(4) The Minister is to
give written notice of the cancellation to the governing body.
(5) The cancellation
takes effect at such time as is specified in the notice given under subsection
(4).
[Section 200 amended: No. 37 of 2011 s. 58(3).]