25Suspension of licence

25 Suspension of licence

25 Suspension of licence

(1) The Commissioner may, if the Commissioner is satisfied that there may be grounds for cancelling a licence, suspend the licence by serving the licensee with a written notice—

(a) stating that the licence is suspended and (subject to section 20) the reasons for suspending it, and

(b) requesting that the person provide the Commissioner, within the period specified in the notice (being a period of not less than 14 business days from the date the notice is served), with written reasons as to why the licence should not be cancelled, and

(c) stating that the licence will be cancelled unless the person provides the Commissioner with sufficient reasons as to why the licence should not be cancelled, and

(d) stating the period during which the licence is suspended (being a period of no more than 60 days from the date on which the notice is served).

Note.

Section 27 of the Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2012 provides for the automatic suspension of a licence if an interim control order is made with respect to a licensee.

(2) A licensee must return a licence that has been suspended to the Commissioner in the period (if any) specified by the Commissioner in the notice suspending the licence.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

s 25: Am 2022 No 10, Sch 1[3].