Aboriginal Land Act 1991
sec.252Show cause notice
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sec.252 Show cause notice
This section applies if the Minister believes a ground exists to remove or suspend a member of a land trust. The Minister must give the member and the land trust a notice (a show cause notice ). The show cause notice must state the following— the action the Minister proposes to take under this subdivision (the proposed action ); the ground for the proposed action; an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the ground; if the proposed action is suspension of the member—the proposed suspension period; that the member and the land trust may, within a stated period (the show cause period ), make written representations to the Minister to show why the proposed action should not be taken; that, if the member is removed as a member of the land trust, the member is also removed as a member of any other land trust. The show cause period must end at least 1 month after the show cause notice is given. s 252 ins 2011 No. 26 s 78 amd 2013 No. 23 s 14 (sec.252-ssec.1) This section applies if the Minister believes a ground exists to remove or suspend a member of a land trust. (sec.252-ssec.2) The Minister must give the member and the land trust a notice (a show cause notice ). (sec.252-ssec.3) The show cause notice must state the following— the action the Minister proposes to take under this subdivision (the proposed action ); the ground for the proposed action; an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the ground; if the proposed action is suspension of the member—the proposed suspension period; that the member and the land trust may, within a stated period (the show cause period ), make written representations to the Minister to show why the proposed action should not be taken; that, if the member is removed as a member of the land trust, the member is also removed as a member of any other land trust. (sec.252-ssec.4) The show cause period must end at least 1 month after the show cause notice is given.
- (a) the action the Minister proposes to take under this subdivision (the proposed action );
- (b) the ground for the proposed action;
- (c) an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the ground;
- (d) if the proposed action is suspension of the member—the proposed suspension period;
- (e) that the member and the land trust may, within a stated period (the show cause period ), make written representations to the Minister to show why the proposed action should not be taken;
- (f) that, if the member is removed as a member of the land trust, the member is also removed as a member of any other land trust.