48Show cause notice for assessment entities

48 Show cause notice for assessment entities

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the Business Licensing Authority believes a ground exists to cancel or suspend the approval of an assessment scheme; and

(b) the Business Licensing Authority proposes to cancel or suspend the approval (the proposed action).

(2) The Business Licensing Authority must give the assessment entity for the assessment scheme a notice (a show cause notice) stating the following—

(a) the proposed action;

(b) if proposing to suspend an approval—the period of the proposed suspension;

(c) the grounds for the cancellation or suspension;

(d) an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;

(e) that the assessment entity may make, within a stated period (the show cause period), written representations explaining why the approval should not be cancelled or suspended.

(3) The show cause period must be a period ending at least 21 days after the show cause notice is given to the assessment entity.