14Notice of imposition of building product use ban

#### 14 Notice of imposition of building product use ban 14 Notice of imposition of building product use ban > > (1) The Secretary must, if practicable, give notice of a building product use ban to the manufacturer of the building product concerned. > > > (2) If the building product is a foreign building product, notice may instead be given to an Australian importer or supplier of the building product. > > > (3) If practicable, notice is to be given at least 48 hours before the building product use ban is published on the internet. > > > (4) However, the Secretary is not required to give prior notice of a building product use ban if the Secretary believes on reasonable grounds that the nature of the safety risk posed by the use of the building product is so serious that, in the public interest, the publication of the building product use ban should not be delayed. > > > (5) The Secretary is not required to give notice to a person under this section if the Secretary is unable, after making reasonable inquiries, to ascertain the identity of, or to locate, the person to whom notice would otherwise be required to be given. > > > (6) The Secretary may also comply with a requirement to give prior notice of a building product use ban under this section by publishing notice of the Secretary’s intention to impose a building product use ban on the internet. > > > (7) 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.