(1) Subject to
subsections (2), (3) and (4), the Minister may direct a licence holder or
special purpose consent holder to do or not to do the thing specified in the
direction.
(2) The direction must
be in writing and is given by serving it on the holder.
(3) The Minister must
not give a direction of a permanent or standing nature except after
consultation with the responsible Commonwealth Minister.
(4) A failure to
comply with subsection (3) does not affect the validity of the direction
concerned.