27H Investigation of medical condition of licence holder
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(1) The Director may, by written notice, require any licence holder, at the licence
holder's expense, to undertake any tests, examinations, or re-examinations con-
ducted by any suitably qualified and experienced person, or to provide any
medical information, at any time before the expiry of his or her medical certifi-
cate, if the Director has reasonable grounds to believe that the licence holder--
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(a) may be unable to exercise safely the privileges to which the medical certificate relates; or
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(b) has obtained his or her medical certificate fraudulently.
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(2) If the Director has delegated under section 27O the authority to issue medical
certificates to any medical examiner, the Director may, by written notice to the
relevant licence holder, withdraw any medical certificate that the medical
examiner has issued under that authority within 60 days after the date it was
issued if the Director requires the licence holder to supply additional medical
information, in which case the Director must decide whether to reissue the
medical certificate in accordance with section 27B.
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(3) The Director may, by written notice, require any licence holder, at the Authori-
ty's expense, to undertake any tests, examinations, or re-examinations conduc-
ted by any suitably qualified and experienced person, or to provide any medical
information, at any time before the expiry of his or her medical certificate if--
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(a) the Director--
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(i) is monitoring licence holders on the basis of random selection
from the register of current medical certificates that is required to
be maintained under section 27B(7); or
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(ii) has reasonable grounds to believe that the licence holder's med-
ical certificate was issued in error; or
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(iii) is monitoring aviation examiners or medical examiners for com-
pliance with the requirements of this Act or the rules; and
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(b) the Director has reasonable grounds to believe that any of those tests,
examinations, re-examinations, or medical information are necessary to
investigate the matters specified in paragraph (a).
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(4) The Director may, by written notice, require any licence holder to disclose, or
authorise the disclosure of, any relevant information for the purpose of deter-
mining whether or not the licence holder--
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(a) meets the medical standards prescribed in the rules; or
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(b) is able to exercise safely the privileges to which the medical certificate
relates.