Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 78

78 Show cause notice

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the chief executive reasonably believes a ground exists to take administrative action in relation to an approval; and

(b) the approval holder—

(i) has been given a compliance notice about the matter to which the ground relates and the holder has failed, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the notice; or

(ii) has not been given, and it is not intended to give the holder, a compliance notice about the matter to which the ground relates.

(2) The chief executive must give the approval holder a notice under this section (a
"show cause notice" ).

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

(a) the administrative action (the
"proposed action" ) in relation to the approval the chief executive proposes to take;

(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 a suspension of the approval—the proposed suspension period;

(e) if the proposed action is a variation of the approval—details of the variation;

(f) if the proposed action is the imposition of conditions—details of the conditions;

(g) an invitation to the approval holder 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 not less than 21 days after the show cause notice is given to the approval holder.