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102 Grounds for revocation—general
(1) The Secretary may revoke the accreditation of a property (including a property in relation to which a suspension is in effect under Part 5) if the Secretary reasonably believes any of the following:
(a) the integrity of a kind of prescribed goods covered by the accreditation cannot be ensured;
(b) a requirement prescribed by rules made for the purposes of paragraph 79(2)(b) is no longer met;
(c) a condition of the accreditation has been, or is being, contravened;
(d) the manager of the property:
(i) failed to comply with a direction given to the manager by an authorised officer or the Secretary; or
(e) the manager of the property has engaged in conduct that:
(f) the manager of the property or any other person who manages or controls export operations carried out at the property:
(ii) gave false, misleading or incomplete information or documents to the Secretary or to another person performing functions or exercising powers under this Act; or
(iii) gave false, misleading or incomplete information or documents to the Secretary or the Department under a prescribed agriculture law;
(g) the manager of the property has contravened a requirement of this Act in relation to the accreditation of the property;
(h) a ground prescribed by the rules exists.
Note: A decision to revoke the accreditation of a property is a reviewable decision (see Part 2 of Chapter 11).
(2) The Secretary must not revoke the accreditation of a property under subsection (1) unless the Secretary has given a written notice to the manager of the property in accordance with subsection (3).
(b) subject to subsection (4), request the manager of the accredited property to give the Secretary, within 14 days after the day the notice is given, a written statement showing cause why the accreditation should not be revoked; and
(c) include a statement setting out the manager’s right to seek review of a decision to revoke the accreditation.
(4) A notice under subsection (2) is not required to include the request referred to in paragraph (3)(b) if the Secretary reasonably believes that the grounds for the revocation are serious and urgent.