13Secretary may call for public submissions

#### 13 Secretary may call for public submissions 13 Secretary may call for public submissions > > (1) The Secretary may, before or after imposing a building product use ban, by written notice published on the internet, call for public submissions on the question of whether a building product use ban is warranted and the terms or proposed terms of the ban. > > > (2) If the Secretary calls for public submissions, the Secretary is to have regard to any submissions that are duly made to the Secretary by the date that is 28 days after the publication of the notice (or by a later date approved by the Secretary) in deciding whether to impose the building product use ban or, if the ban has already been imposed, to amend or revoke the ban. > > > (3) The Secretary is not required to give any person an opportunity to make submissions on a building product use ban or proposed building product use ban before it is imposed (despite any requirement of the rules of procedural fairness). > > > (4) This section applies to an amendment to a building product use ban in the same way as it applies to the imposition of a building product use ban.