(1)

The director shall, in the circumstances set out in Sentence (2),

(a)

refuse to register an applicant,

(b)

refuse to renew a registration, or

(c)

suspend or revoke a registration.

(2)

The circumstances referred to in Sentence (1) are that,

(a)

the applicant or registered person is not covered by the insurance required under Subsection 3.6.2., or

(b)

an order under subsection 69(2) of the Provincial Offences Act is in effect directing that the registration of the person be suspended and no registration be issued to that person until a fine is paid.

(3)

If the director refuses to register an applicant, refuses to renew a registration or suspends or revokes a registration under Sentence (1), the director shall serve a notice of the refusal, suspension or revocation, together with the reasons for it, on the applicant or registered person.

(4)

A suspension or revocation of a registration under Sentence (1) takes effect immediately and the commencement of a proceeding before the Tribunal does not stay the operation of the suspension or revocation of the registration.

(5)

The Tribunal may, on the application of the registered person, stay the operation of a decision of the director to suspend or revoke the registration, and may make the stay subject to conditions.

(6)

A notice under Sentence (3) shall state that the applicant or registered person is entitled to a hearing before the Tribunal if the applicant or registered person, within 15 days after service of the notice referred to in Sentence (3), serves the director and the Tribunal with notice in writing requesting a hearing.

(7)

If the applicant or registered person requests a hearing before the Tribunal in accordance with Sentence (6), the Tribunal shall appoint a time for and hold a hearing and may by order confirm, alter or revoke the decision of the director to refuse to register or to suspend or revoke the registration, as the case may be, and may take such action as the Tribunal considers the director ought to take in accordance with the Act and this Code, and for such purposes the Tribunal may substitute its opinion for that of the director.

(8)

The director, the applicant or registered person who requested the hearing, and such other persons as the Tribunal may specify, are parties to proceedings before the Tribunal.