Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION ACT 2020 - SECT 63

  (1)   This section applies if the Minister:

  (a)   refuses to grant an export licence to a person; or

  (b)   decides not to renew a person's export licence; or

  (c)   varies a person's export licence; or

  (d)   suspends a person's export licence (wholly or in part) under Part   7; or

  (e)   revokes a person's export licence under Division   2 of Part   8.

  (2)   The Minister may do either or both of the following, on one or more occasions:

  (a)   refuse to grant an export licence to an associate of a person referred to in subsection   (1);

  (b)   if an associate of a person referred to in subsection   (1) is or becomes the holder of an export licence--give the associate a written notice in accordance with subsection   (3).

  (3)   The notice must:

  (a)   specify the grounds on which the notice is given; and

  (b)   request the associate to give the Minister, within 14 days after the day the notice is given, a written statement showing cause why an export licence held by the associate:

  (i)   should not be suspended, or further suspended, under Part   7; or

  (ii)   should not be revoked under Division   2 of Part   8; and

  (c)   include a statement setting out the associate's right to seek review of a decision:

  (i)   to suspend, or further suspend, under Part   7 an export licence held by the associate; or

  (ii)   to revoke under Division   2 of Part   8 an export licence held by the associate.