Failure to meet minimum standards

(1) Where it comes to the attention of a parent of a child admitted to a residential care facility for children that the operator thereof is failing to meet the minimum operating standards for residential care facility for children provided in these Regulations, the parent shall report such failure to the Registrar or to the Ministry. (2) Subregulation (1) shall not be read and construed as limiting the Registrar’s powers to independently investigate complaints of failure to meet minimum operating requirements by an operator brought to his attention by persons other than the parents of children admitted to the residential care facility for children. (3) Where the Registrar comes to the conclusion, after duly investigating complaints made under this Regulation that the operator has failed to meet the minimum operating standards required under these Regulations, he may, depending on the seriousness of the failure, either– (a) warn the operator in writing to forthwith comply with the minimum operating standards, pointing out the areas which the operator should improve in order to comply with these Regulations; or (b) suspend the licence for a period not exceeding six months, and notify the operator to comply within that time with the minimum operating standards; or (c) cancel the licence.