New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 357

357 Permit holder to be given opportunity to make submissions about cancellation

(1) Before cancelling a permit, a relevant decision-maker must--

(a) give notice in writing to the permit holder of the relevant decision-maker's intention to cancel the permit and the proposed grounds for doing so, and

(b) invite the permit holder to make a submission to the relevant decision-maker about the proposed cancellation, and

(c) take into account any submission made to the relevant decision-maker by the permit holder before the deadline for the making of a submission.

(2) The relevant decision-maker is to specify a deadline for the making of a submission to the relevant decision-maker about the proposed cancellation that is at least 30 days after the notice is given to the permit holder.

(3) The relevant decision-maker is not required to give notice under this section of a proposed cancellation if--

(a) the permit is a group permit, or

(b) the permit is suspended and either--

(i) the permit holder was given an opportunity to make a submission about the suspension before the suspension took effect, or

(ii) the permit holder was given an opportunity to make a submission about the suspension after the suspension took effect, and the period specified by the relevant decision-maker for the making of that submission has ended, or

(c) the permit holder has applied for cancellation.