Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (INFECTION CONTROL FOR PERSONAL APPEARANCE SERVICES) ACT 2003 - SECT 52

52 Show cause notice

(1) This section applies if the local government that issued a licence believes a ground exists to suspend or cancel the licence, and—

(a) the licensee has not been given, and it is not intended to give the licensee, a remedial notice about a matter to which the ground relates; or

(b) the licensee has been given a remedial notice about a matter to which the ground relates and the licensee has failed, without a reasonable excuse, to comply with the notice.

(2) The local government must give the licensee a notice under this section (a
"show cause notice" ).

(3) The show cause notice must state the following—

(a) the action (the
"proposed action" ) the local government proposes taking under this division;

(b) the grounds for the proposed action;

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

(d) if the proposed action is suspension of the licence—the proposed suspension period;

(e) an invitation to the licensee to show within a stated period (the
"show cause period" ) why the proposed action should not be taken.

(4) The show cause period must be a period ending at least 21 days after the show cause notice is given to the licensee.