Queensland Consolidated Acts

LIQUOR ACT 1992 - SECT 142ZR

142ZR Immediate suspension of approval

(1) The commissioner may immediately suspend an approval as a controller if—

(a) the person is charged, in Queensland or elsewhere, with a serious offence of a sexual nature involving violence, intimidation, threats or children; or

(b) the commissioner reasonably believes—

(i) a ground exists to suspend or cancel the approval; and

(ii) the ground is serious in nature; and

(iii) either—

(A) the ground jeopardises the integrity or conduct of the adult entertainment industry; or

(B) immediate suspension of the approval is necessary to ensure the safety of the public.

(2) The commissioner must immediately give a written notice of the decision (an
"immediate suspension notice" ) to the holder of the approval.

(3) The immediate suspension notice must state the following—

(a) the grounds for the immediate suspension;

(b) an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;

(c) the further action the commissioner proposes to take under this division (the
"further action" );

(d) the grounds for the further action;

(e) an invitation to the holder to show within a stated period why—

(i) further action should not be taken; and

(ii) the immediate suspension should be lifted.

(4) The stated period must be a period ending not less than 21 days after the immediate suspension notice is given to the holder.

(5) The decision takes effect the day the immediate suspension notice is given to the holder.