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22 :(b) if the transfer or assignment, or purported transfer or assignment, is in breach of a condition of the licence; or
 * (c) if there has, before the transfer or assignment or purported transfer or assignment, been a contravention of a condition subject to compliance with which the consent required by subsection (1) is given.

Voluntary cessation of licensable healthcare service or surrender of licence

17.—(1) A licensee must not, without giving the Director prior notice—
 * (a) wholly and permanently stop, except upon the lapsing of a licence—
 * (i) providing any licensable healthcare service to which the licence relates; or
 * (ii) using any premises or conveyance specified in the licence for the provision of the licensable healthcare service; or
 * (b) for any reason surrender the licence.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) must be given to the Director not later than the prescribed time before either of the following dates:
 * (a) the date on which the licensee is to wholly and permanently stop providing the licensable healthcare service to which the licence relates, or stop using the premises or conveyance specified in the licence, as the case may be;
 * (b) the date on which the licensee intends the surrender of the licence to take place.

(3) No part of any licence fee, renewal fee or other fee may be refunded to the licensee upon the cessation of a licensable healthcare service or surrender of a licence under this section.