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Children Act 1989

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79L Notice of intention to take steps.

(1) Not less than 14 days before— (a) refusing an application for registration; (b) cancelling a registration; (c) removing or varying any condition to which a registration is subject or imposing a new condition; or (d) refusing to grant an application for the removal or variation of any condition to which a registration is subject, the Assembly shall send to the applicant, or (as the case may be) registered person, notice in writing of its intention to take the step in question. (2) Every such notice shall— (a) give the Assembly’s reasons for proposing to take the step; and (b) inform the person concerned of his rights under this section. (3) Where the recipient of such a notice informs the Assembly in writing of his desire to object to the step being taken, the Assembly shall afford him an opportunity to do so. (4) Any objection made under subsection (3) may be made orally or in writing, by the recipient of the notice or a representative. (5) If the Assembly , after giving the person concerned an opportunity to object to the step being taken, decides nevertheless to take it, it shall send him written notice of its decision. (6) A step of a kind mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (c) shall not take effect until the expiry of the time within which an appeal may be brought under section 79M or, where such an appeal is brought, before its determination. (7) Subsection (6) does not prevent a step from taking effect before the expiry of the time within which an appeal may be brought under section 79M if the person concerned notifies the Assembly in writing that he does not intend to appeal.

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79L Notice of intention to take steps.

(1) Not less than 14 days before— (a) refusing an application for registration; (b) cancelling a registration; (c) removing or varying any condition to which a registration is subject or imposing a new condition; or (d) refusing to grant an application for the removal or variation of any condition to which a registration is subject, the Assembly shall send to the applicant, or (as the case may be) registered person, notice in writing of its intention to take the step in question. (2) Every such notice shall— (a) give the Assembly’s reasons for proposing to take the step; and (b) inform the person concerned of his rights under this section. (3) Where the recipient of such a notice informs the Assembly in writing of his desire to object to the step being taken, the Assembly shall afford him an opportunity to do so. (4) Any objection made under subsection (3) may be made orally or in writing, by the recipient of the notice or a representative. (5) If the Assembly , after giving the person concerned an opportunity to object to the step being taken, decides nevertheless to take it, it shall send him written notice of its decision. (6) A step of a kind mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (c) shall not take effect until the expiry of the time within which an appeal may be brought under section 79M or, where such an appeal is brought, before its determination. (7) Subsection (6) does not prevent a step from taking effect before the expiry of the time within which an appeal may be brought under section 79M if the person concerned notifies the Assembly in writing that he does not intend to appeal.

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