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Colonial certificates of competency granted contrary to this regulation shall be regarded as improperly granted.
Certificates which may be granted after a Certificate has been cancelled or suspended.
7.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor or person administering the Government of the British Possession in which a certificate has been cancelled or suspended if, after full investigation of all the circumstances, he thinks the justice of the case requires it:—
(a) If the certificate was granted in the Colony, to return the certificate which has been cancelled or suspended, or to shorten the time for which it is suspended, or to grant or request the authority of the Possession to grant a certificate of the same or any lower grade in place of the certificate which has been cancelled or suspended.
(b) If the cancelled or suspended certificate was granted by the authority of another Colony, to request such authority to return the certificate which has been cancelled or suspended, or to shorten the time for which it is suspended, or to grant a certificate of the same or any lower grade in place of the certificate which has been cancelled or suspended.
(c) If in the opinion of such Governor or person administering the Government of the British Possession the justice of the case requires the issue of a colonial certificate without delay to the person whose certificate has been cancelled or suspended, the Governor or person administering the Government aforesaid (in addition to acting upon sub-section of this regulation) to issue, or request the authority in such British Possession to issue, a certificate of the same or any lower grade in place of the certificate which has been cancelled or suspended, which substituted certificate is to be in force for such limited period as such Governor or person administering as aforesaid shall in that behalf direct and no longer.
(d) If the cancelled or suspended certificate was granted by the Board of Trade, to issue or request the authority of the Possession to issue a colonial certificate of the same or any lower grade in place of the cancelled or suspended certificate, and such substituted certificate is to be in force for such limited period as such Governor or person administering as aforesaid shall in that behalf direct and no longer; and the Governor or person aforesaid shall also cause the Board of Trade to be informed of his act.
(2) If a colonial certificate is cancelled or suspended in the United Kingdom the Board of Trade may, if in their opinion the justice of the case requires it, return or request the authority by whom such certificate was granted to return any certificate which has been cancelled or suspended, or shorten or request such authority to shorten the time for which it was suspended, or request such authority to issue a certificate of the same or any lower grade in place of the certificate which has been cancelled or suspended.
(3) Whenever the authority by whom a cancelled or suspended certificate was originally issued is requested by the Governor or person administering
Certifi-cates of Competen-cy.
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