30Cancelling an approval

30 Cancelling an approval

(1) The Minister may, by writing, cancel an approval given to a person under section 27: (a) if the Minister reasonably believes that the person has contravened a provision of this Act; or (b) if the Minister reasonably believes that the person has breached a condition of the approval; or (c) if the Minister is satisfied that the person’s holding of the approval prejudices the security, defence or international relations of Australia; or (d) if the Minister is satisfied that the person’s application under section 27 for the approval contained information that was false or misleading; or (e) if the person requests the Minister, in writing, to cancel the approval; or (f) if the Minister is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so because of a change in any of the circumstances based on which the Minister gave the approval; or (g) in any other circumstances prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph. (2) The Minister must give the person notice of the cancellation and the reasons for the cancellation. The cancellation takes effect at the time the person receives the notice.

Note 1: Section 67 deals with giving notices under this Act.

Note 2: Section 68 deals with disclosing reasons for decisions.

(3) A cancellation under this section is not a legislative instrument.