Suspension or cancellation of or refusal to renew certificate
8.—(1) The Director-General may suspend, cancel or refuse to renew a certificate if the Director‑General is satisfied that —
(a)
the certificate was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;
(b)
the system, scheme or product to which the certificate holder applies or has applied the certification mark no longer conforms to the approved standard;
(c)
the certificate holder has contravened —
(i)
any provision of the Act or these Rules; or
(ii)
any condition subject to which the certificate was issued;
(d)
the certificate holder has ceased to carry on business in relation to the system, scheme or product in respect of which the certificate holder was issued a certificate; or
(e)
the certificate holder is for any other reason not fit to continue to hold the certificate.
(2) The Director-General must, before suspending, cancelling or refusing to renew any certificate under paragraph (1) —
(a)
give to the certificate holder notice in writing of the Director‑General’s intention to do so and the grounds therefor; and
(b)
in the notice mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a), call upon that certificate holder to show cause within such time as may be specified in the notice as to why the certificate holder’s certificate should not be suspended or cancelled or should be renewed.
(3) If the certificate holder to whom a notice has been given under paragraph (2) —
(a)
fails to show cause within the period of time given to the certificate holder to do so or such extended period of time as the Director‑General may allow; or
(b)
fails to show sufficient cause,
the Director‑General may give notice in writing to that certificate holder —
(c)
of the date from which the suspension or cancellation of the certificate holder’s certificate is to take effect; or
(d)
that the certificate holder’s certificate is not or is not being renewed.
(4) While any certificate is suspended under this rule, the certificate holder must not, for the purposes of these Rules, be regarded as having in force a valid certificate, but immediately on the lifting or expiry of the period of suspension, that certificate is revived as from the date of such lifting or expiry, as the case may be.