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| (1) On receipt of an application under section 17, the Council may, after making necessary inquiries and investigations with regard to the services and assistance provided by the person or organisation making the application, register such person or organisation under this Act and issue a certificate of registration, to that effect. |
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| (2) A person or organisation registered under subsection (1) shall hereinafter in this Act be referred to as "'approved person" or "approved organisation", as the case may be. |
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| (3) The Council may by an order made in that behalf refuse the application for registration of any person or organisation where the Council is satisfied that the services and assistance provided by such person or organisations is not of the required standard and such order shall contain the reasons for such refusal. |
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| (4) A certified copy of the order referred to in subsection (3) shall be sent to the applicant by the Council within one week of such refusal. |
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| (5) An applicant aggrieved by an order referred to in subsection (3) may within thirty days of the issue of such order prefer an appeal to the Minister in charge of the subject of Social Services, against such order. |
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