Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary may revoke an export permit for a kind of prescribed goods (including an export permit that is suspended under subsection 231(1)) if the Secretary reasonably believes that:
(a) the integrity of the goods cannot be ensured; or
(b) a condition of the permit has been, or is being, contravened; or
(c) the requirements of this Act have not been complied with, or are not likely to be complied with before the goods are imported into the importing country; or
(d) an importing country requirement relating to the goods will not be, or is not likely to be, met before the goods are imported into the importing country; or
(e) the holder of the permit:
(i) made a false, misleading or incomplete statement in the application for the permit; or
(ii) gave false, misleading or incomplete information or documents to the Secretary or to another person performing functions or exercising powers under this Act; or
(iii) gave false, misleading or incomplete information or documents to the Secretary or the Department under a prescribed agriculture law; or
(f) the holder of the permit has contravened a requirement of this Act; or
(g) circumstances prescribed by the rules exist.
Note: An export permit for a kind of prescribed goods is taken to have been revoked if a temporary prohibition determination applies in relation to the goods (see subsection 26(2)).
(2) If the Secretary revokes an export permit under subsection (1):
(a) the revocation takes effect immediately after the decision to revoke the permit is made; and
(b) the Secretary must give the holder of the permit a written notice stating:
(i) that the export permit has been revoked; and
(ii) the reasons for the revocation.