Queensland Consolidated Acts

FARM BUSINESS DEBT MEDIATION ACT 2017 - SECT 75

75 Immediate suspension of accreditation

(1) This section applies if the authority believes—

(a) a ground exists to suspend a person’s accreditation; and

(b) it is necessary to suspend the accreditation immediately because there is an immediate and serious risk that the person will compromise the success of a mediation conducted by the person because, for example—

(i) the mediator has shown partiality to 1 party over another in a mediation, or to farmers or mortgagees in mediations generally; or

(ii) the mediator has engaged in conduct that is not a function of a mediator under section 20 (3) .

(2) The authority may suspend the person’s accreditation immediately by giving the person—

(a) a show cause notice; and

(b) an information notice for the decision to suspend the accreditation immediately.

(3) The suspension—

(a) operates when the notices are given to the person; and

(b) continues to operate until the earliest of the following—

(i) the authority cancels the suspension;

(ii) the show cause notice is finally dealt with;

(iii) 30 business days after the notices are given to the person.